 There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. Life, in which nothing has been done or suffered...  The British Essayists - Page 230edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 pages
...no greater felicity , than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; la trace our own progress in existence , by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. It ought therefore to be the care of those who wish to .pass their last hours with comfort ,'to lay... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back upon a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens...how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Cre ator. Life made memorable by crimes, and diversified through its several periods by wickedness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, e, and make new excursions. But all those benefits come too late bow ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator. Life, made memorable by crimes, and diversified... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens...day , from another, is to him that has passed it as it' it had never been, except that he is conscious how ill he has husbanded the greatdeposit of lu's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens...he is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposite of his Creator. Life, made memorable by crimes, and diversified through its several periods... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither ahame nor sorrow. Life, in which nothing has been done or suffered, to distinguish one day from another,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens...as excite neither shame nor sorrow. Life, in which notlung has been done or suffered, to distinguish one day from another, is to him that has passed it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither «name nor sorrow. Life, in which nothing has been done or suffered, to distinguish one day from another,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens...if it had never been, except that he is conscious ho will he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator. Life, made memorable by crimes, and diversified... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens...from another, is to him that has passed it, as if it never had been, except that he is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator.... | |
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