 | 1814 - 570 pages
...to 'h he ves that * Dr. ..'.,-.'. r, .„.. keep bis mind in continual employment, thereby " setting at defiance the morning mist and the evening damp — the blasts of the cart, and the clouds of the M mi h. " He knew not that " lethargy of indolence" that follows the inordinate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...philosophy, to make man unshaken by calamity, and unelated by success, incorruptible by pleasure, and invulnerable by pain ; these are heights of wisdom... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1816 - 518 pages
...of Dr. Rush in like manner enabled him to keep his mind in continual employment, thereby " setting at defiance the morning mist and the evening damp — the blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south."f lie knew not that " lethargy of indo» Dr. Johnson. + Boswell. 1816.] Dr. Benjamin Rush. 8J... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1816 - 514 pages
...of Dr. Rush in like manner enabled him to keep his mind in continual employment, thereby " setting at defiance the morning mist and the evening damp — the blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south."f He knew not that " lethargy of indo* Dr. Johnson, t BoswcIL lence " that follows the inordinate... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 pages
...of Dr. Rush in like manner enabled him to keep his mind in continual employment, thereby " setting at defiance the morning mist and the evening damp — the blasts of the east, and thecloudsof thesouth."f He knew not that " lethargy of indolence" that follows the inordinate gratifications... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...virtues, will soon make himself superiour to the •casons ; and may set at defiance the morning mist and evening damp, the blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Alas ! it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate fibres, and there is a fine sensibility,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...success, incorruptible by pleasure, and invulnerable by nain : these are heights of wisdom which none ever attained, and to which few can aspire : but there... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...and the clouds of the south. It was the boast of the Stoic philosophy, to make man unshaken by calamity, and unelated by success, incorruptible by pleasure,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...and the clouds of the south. It was the boast of the Stoic philosophy, to make man unshaken by calamity, and undated by success, incorruptible by pleasure,... | |
 | 1820 - 422 pages
...virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning tnrist, and the evening damp, the blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south. ' It was the boast of the Stoic philosophy, to make man unshaken by calamity, and unelated by success; incorruptible by pleasure,... | |
| |
This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination operating on luxury. To temperance, every day is bright ; and every hour is propitious to diligence. He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself... 
