 Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...  The Rambler - Page 440by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted; all the events or Dictions of which the memory can afford pleasure, are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...decaying man. He that grows old without religious hope, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls... | |
 | 1750 - 388 pages
...recalled from the pail, or borrowed from the future j the рай is too often very foon exhauiled, and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by virtue and devotion. . Piety, then, is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man, fince this world can give no farther... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...his eternal portion. PIETY IN OLD AGE. PIETY is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying men. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulf of bottomless misery, in which every recollection... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecillity, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, Falls into a gulph of bottomless... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...where it can be reached only by virtue and devotion. the winter of life ? and how we may pass our latter years with serenity and cheerfulness ? Piety is... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...; 'Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of •ecaying man. . lie that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are (juickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave,...decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, us he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected; and the future lies beyond...as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomless misery, in which every reflection... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomless misery, in which every reflection... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...the past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond...as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomless misery, in which every reflection... | |
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