 He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions...  Works - Seite 390von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...the present moment he should most desire, amuses his desire« with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1830 - 416 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures ill all combinations, riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1832 - 392 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not, — for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combina* Pouter's Essays. tions, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all theifcbounty,... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1833 - 370 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not, — for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combina* Tostert Essays. tions, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty,... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1834 - 388 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not,— for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combina* Foster's Enayt. 'tions, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty,... | |
 | 1835 - 616 Seiten
...sets. One mind has adorned it perhaps with all the magnificence and splendor of wealth. It has united all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune with all their bounty, could not bestow. Another has admitted into her paradise nothing that can disturb her peace or annoy... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1836 - 202 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the resent momenthe should most desire, amuses is desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 128 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train of idea? fixes the attenmind, in weariness cr leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception,... | |
 | 1838 - 544 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not, — for who is content with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delight which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train... | |
 | 1838 - 274 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not, — for who is content with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delight which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train... | |
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