 But the situation in which the advantages of that endowment of mind which letters bestow are chiefly conspicuous, is old age, when a man's society is necessarily circumscribed, and his powers of active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the...  The British Essayists: The Observer - Стр. 212авторы: Alexander Chalmers - 1802Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 468
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...time has blunted, or from those trivial amusements which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of enjoyment, liut to him who has stored... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 472
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...time has blunted, or from those trivial amusements which youth only can share, age has cut oil almost every source of enjoyment. But to him who has stored... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 468
...active enjoyment are unavoid-ably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...from those sensual appetites which time has blunted, ot from those trivial amusements which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - Страниц: 324
...diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has ii« source of mental exertion or employment, often settles...intoxication. From an old man whose gratifications were lolely derived from those sensual appetites which time has blunted, or from those trivial amusements... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - Страниц: 512
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...melancholy and peevishness, or petrifies his feelings bv habitual intoxication. From an old man, whose gratifications were solely derived from those sensual... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 334
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of aifairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...amusements of which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of enjoyment. But to him who has stored his mind with the information, and can... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1853 - Страниц: 544
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...amusements of which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of enjoyment. But to him who has stored his mind with the information, and can... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1854 - Страниц: 512
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...amusements of which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of enjoyment. But to him who has stored his mind with the information,, and can... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1854 - Страниц: 322
...diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has n« source of mental exertion or employment, often settles...melancholy and peevishness, or petrifies his feelings hy Habitual intoxication. From an old man whose gratifications were »oU-ly derived from those sensual... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1855 - Страниц: 468
...active enjoyment are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs, and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion...from those sensual appetites which time has blunted, 01 from those trivial amusements which youth only can share, age has cut off almost every source of... | |
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