 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 pages
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he mould moft defire, amufes his defires with impofiible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...himself what he is not; for who is pleased withwhat he is? He then expatiates in boundles fu^ turiky., and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he shouldmost desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 pages
...external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates iu boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then...delights which nature and fortune, with all their beauty, cannot bestow. " In time some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...his own thoughts, am) must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is? lie then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from...imaginable conditions that which for the present moment h« should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then...nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestov/. " In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...external that can diVbl'i. him, must find pleasure in his -own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then...desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, aii<! confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...external that can divert him must find pleasure in his own thoughts and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...external that can divert him must find pleasure in his own thoughts and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1813 - 478 pages
...that cim divert him. must find pleasure in his own thouchts, and must conceive himself what he is nnti for who is pleased with what he is ! He then expatiates in hoondless futurity, and culls from all imaginahle conditinns tint which for the present moment he should... | |
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He who has nothing external that can divert him must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that... 
