 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 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...It was the boast of the Stoick philosophy, to make map unshaken by calamity, and unelated by success, incorruptible by pleasure, and invulnerable by pain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 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 mist and the evening damp, the blasts of t he east and t he clouds of the south. It was the boast of the Stoic philosophy, to make man unshaken... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...the wind for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 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...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Alas ! it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate libres, and there is a fine sensibility,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...excite his tkcujtiee, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons ; and mav appeal to all foreigners of Rood taste, whether this...be not one of the most distinguished ornaments of Alas '. it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate Ubres, and there is a fine sensibility,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...wind for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. — This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...wind for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. — This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...wind for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. — This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination...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,... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 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...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." With all due deference to the opinions and arguments of the créât moralist, we still advocate the... | |
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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... 
