... and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious... The British Essayists - Page 6edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has 'been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious fubjefl of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed with all the... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment .of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, -has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious fubject of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed, with all... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious fubject of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed, with all... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked; and as this practice is a commodious fubjecl of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed, with all... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked ; and as tHis practice is a commodious fubjeift of -raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed with all... | |
| 1801 - 342 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious fubject of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the ferious, it has been ridiculed, with all... | |
| 1803 - 322 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked : and as this practice...wit, and exaggerated with all the amplifications of rhetoric. Every instance, by which its absurdity might appear most flagrant, has been studiously collected... | |
| 1806 - 348 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which perhaps may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked : and as this practice...commodious subject of raillery to the gay, and of Reclamation to the serious, it hao been ridiculed v ith all the pkasa.itry of wit, and exaggerated... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice...wit, and exaggerated with all the amplifications of rhetoric. Every instance, by which its absurdity might appear most flagrant, has been studiously collected... | |
| 1810 - 464 pages
...the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us, has been frequently remarked; and as this practice...its absurdity might appear most flagrant, has been stu» diously collected ; it has been marked with every epithet of contempt, and all the tropes and... | |
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