 Ortogrul, is thy condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections! They tell thee that thou art wise; but what does wisdom avail with poverty?...  The Idler - Page 400by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who has no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections! They tell thee that thou art wise; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who has no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
 | 1824 - 348 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections. They tell thee that thou art wise, but what does wisctoni avail \vith poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who has no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire : and who hast no amusement in thy power, that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thee that thou art wise : but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? Xone will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections! They tell thee that thou art wise; but what does wisdom avail with poverty? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement iu thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thec thatthou art wise : but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor; and... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! They tell thee that 5 thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 pages
...condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power, that can withhold thee from thy own reflections! They tell thee that thou art wise; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very... | |
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