 Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries...  The Idler - Page 398by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pages
...leaning againft a cedar Which fpread fts branches over my Seventy years are allowed to man ; N 4 I have I have yet fifty remaining : Ten years I will allot...honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every fludent will folicit my friendfhip. Twenty years thus pafied will ftore my mind with images, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...ferved it, are to you no longer neceffary or ufeful ; impart to me the fecret of your conduct, and teach me the plan upon which your wifdom has built your...honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every fludent will folicit my friendfhip. Twenty years thus parTed will ftore my mind with images, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...man, faid Omar, it is of little ufe to formplans of life. When I took my firft furvey of the vforld, in my twentieth year, having confidered the various...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries ; J fhall be learned, and therefore fhall be honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...in my twentieth year, having contidered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of folitudv; I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againft a cedar, which...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries; I mail be learned, and therefore fliall be honoured ; every city will fliout at my arrival, and every... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...confidered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of folitude I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againfl a cedar which fpread its branches over my head : Seventy...honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every flu* dent will folicit my friendfhip. Twenty years thus pafled will ftore my mind with images which... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : seventy years are VOL. II. P allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining : ten...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 pages
...in the hour of folitude I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againft a cedar, which fpread its branche-, over my head : ' Seventy years are allowed to man...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries; I fliall be learned, and therefore lhall be honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head: Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pages
...spread its branches over my head: Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remain, ing: ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...of mankind in the hour of solitude, I said thus to myself, leaning "against a cedar, which spread it branches over my head ; " Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout... | |
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