 ... its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other ; such are the changes that keep the mind in action ; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated : we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 38by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...elfe, and begin a new purfuit. If he had proceeded in hii project, and fixed his habitation in the moft delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted, whether his diftance from the vanities of life would have enabled him t» keep away the vexations. It is common... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...defire, we purfue, we obtain, we are fatiated ; we defire fomcthing elfe, and begin a new purfuit. If he had proceeded in his project, and fixed his habitation in the moll delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted, whether his dillance from the vanities of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...defire, we purfue, we obtain, we are fatiated ; we defire fomething elfe, and begin a new purfuit. Jf he had proceeded in his project, and fixed his habitation in the moft delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted, whether his diftance from the. vanities of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...we defire, we purfue, we obtain, we are fatiated; we defire fomething elfe, and begin a new purfuit. If he had proceeded in his project, and fixed his habitation in the moft delightful part of the new •world, it may be doubted, whether his diftance from the vanities... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799 - 390 pages
...obfcure retreat, with no other confolation than that of lettm and philofophy. " If," fays Dr. JOHNSON, " he had proceeded in his project, and fixed his habitation in the moft delightful part of the nevf world, It rhay be doubted whether his diftance from the vatiftfa of... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pages
...defire, we purfue, we obtain, we are fatiated ; we defire fomething elfe, and begin a new purfuit. If he had proceeded in his project, and fixed his habitation in the moft delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted, whether his diftance from the vanities of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...and begin a, new purfuit. If he had proceeded in his projedr,, and fixed hi^ habitation in the moft delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted, whether his diflance from the vanities of life, would have enabled him to keep away the .•vexations. It is common... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...miseries which he was so studious to obviate : for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry...and begin a new pursuit. If he had proceeded in his prospect, and fixed his habitation in the most delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...miseries which he was so studious to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry...and begin a new pursuit. If he had proceeded in his projeft, and fixed his habitation in the most delightful part of the new world, it may be doubted,... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...miseries which he was so studious to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry...and begin a new pursuit. If he had proceeded in his projeft, and fixed his -habitation in the most delightful part of the new world, it may bs doubted,... | |
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