The causes of good and evil, answered Imlac, are so various and uncertain, so often entangled with each other, so diversified by various relations, and so much subject to accidents which cannot be foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestable... Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale - Seite 71von Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 205 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 Seiten
...directs us to take the least evil in the CHOICE OF .LIFE." "The causes of Good and evil," answered Imlae, "are so various and uncertain, so often entangled...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely,"... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...neglect those that are obvious. Preface to Dictionary, fol. p. 8. CHOICE. The causes of good and evil are so various and uncertain, so often entangled with...foreseen, that "he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die enquiring and deliberating. Prince of Abyflinia,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 Seiten
...more happy than another, and wisdom surely directs US to take the least evil in the choice of life" " The causes of good and evil," answered Imlac, " are...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon inContestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely,"... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 Seiten
...more happy than another, and wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life." " The causes of good and evil," answered Imlac, " are...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely,"... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 Seiten
...happy than another, and wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life.'1'' " The causes of good and evil, answered Imlac, are so...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely, said... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...than another, another, and wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life" " The causes of good and evil, answered Imlac, are so...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely, said... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 Seiten
...more happy than another, and wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life" " The causes of good and evil," answered Imlac, " are...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely" said... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...more happy than another, end wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life." " The causes of good and evil," answered Imlac, " are...foreseen, that he who would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely" said... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 Seiten
...more happy than another, and wisdom surely directs us to take the least evil in the choice of life." " The causes of good and evil," answered. Imlac, " are...foreseen, that he who. would fix his condition upon incontestible reasons of preference, must live and die inquiring and deliberating." " But surely,"... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...have hitherto been the subject of this discourse..—— Spectator. 8. The causes of good and evil are so various and uncertain, so often entangled with each other, so diversified by various selations, and so much subject to accidents which cannot be foreseen ; that he, who would fix his condition... | |
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