 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - Страниц: 324
...of the means of pleafure, as is conftffcd by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which .th.e foul fits motionlefs and torpid for waat want of attraction ; and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - Страниц: 534
...of the means of pleafure, as is confefled by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which the foul fits motionlefs and torpid for want of attraction; and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - Страниц: 546
...of the means of pleafure, as is confeficd by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which the foul fits motionlefs and torpid for want of attraction; and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - Страниц: 560
...the means of pleafure, as is confeflcd by the natural defirc •which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which the foul fits motionlefs and torpid for want of attraction -, and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - Страниц: 586
...of the means of pleafure, as is confefled by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which the foul fits motionlefs and torpid for want of attraction ; and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Страниц: 648
...of the great success which those called Methodists' have. JOHNSON. ' Sir, it is owing to their ' ' Knowledge is certainly one of the means of pleasure,...desire which every mind feels of increasing its ideas . . . without knowing why we always rejoice when we learn, and grieve when we forget.' Rasselas, ch.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Страниц: 640
...of the great success which those called Methodists' have. JOHNSON. ' Sir, it is owing to their 1 ' Knowledge is certainly one of the means of pleasure,...desire which every mind feels of increasing its ideas . . . without knowing why we always rejoice when we learn, and grieve when we forget.' Rasselas, ch.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - Страниц: 462
...of the means of pleafure, as is confeffed by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced : it is a vacuity in which the foul fits motionlefs and torpid for want of attraction ; and, without knowing why, we always rejoice... | |
 | William Mudford - 1802 - Страниц: 166
...observe, in his colloquy with Rasselas, that there " is so much infelicity in the world, that scarce any man has leisure from his 'own distresses to estimate the comparative happiness of others." This is, indeed, a querulous eloquence which renders every thing " Doth glance from Heav'n to earth,... | |
 | 1803 - Страниц: 228
...the most heroic virtue. KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE IS A TREASURE, OF WHICH STUDY IS THE KEY. L.NOWLEDGE is one of the means of pleasure, as is 'confessed by...natural desire which every mind feels of increasing its ideai. Ignorance is mere privation, by which nothing can be produced ; it is a vanity in which the... | |
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There is so much infelicity," said the poet, " in the world, that scarce any man has leisure from his own distresses to estimate the comparative happiness of others. Knowledge is certainly one of the means of pleasure, as is confessed by the natural desire... 
