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, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 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...religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and ieels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulf of bottomless misery, in which... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...past is very soon exhausted, all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure arc quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be readied only by virtue and devotion. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man.... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 364 pages
...; all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure, are quickly recollected ; und the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be...only proper and adequate relief of decaying man." — Rambler, No. 69. * Pisistraius, tyrant of Athens, reigned thirty-three years, and died about BC... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 pages
...; all the events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure, nre quickly recollected; anil the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by virtue and devotion. I'iety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man." — Kanildcr, No. (!!(. * 7'ii'iA/rtf... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 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...decaying man. He that grows old without religious hope, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 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...decaying man. He that grows old without religious hope, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 374 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...only proper and adequate relief of decaying man." — Rambler, No. 69. 1 Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, reigned thirty-three years, and died about 6.0.... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 376 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...only proper and adequate relief of decaying man." — Rambler, No. 69. 1 Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, reigned thirty-three years, and died about Bc... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1856 - 430 pages
...actions of which the memory can afford pleasure, are quickly recollected ; ,md the future lies bt-yond' the grave, where it can be reached only by virtue...only proper and adequate relief of decaying man." — Rambler, No. 69. * Pisislratus, tyrant of Athens, reigned thirty-three years, and died about Bc... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...our :'oar. Bit/top Wilton. PIETY— the only Belief. Rety is the only proper and adequate relief f decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, »id feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowdiii£ upon him, falls into a gulf of bottomless (итогу,... | |
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