 As if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known...  The National Magazine - Seite 84herausgegeben von - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 Seiten
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck mo"e terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 Seiten
...natural 'calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thought. A screech owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers : nay, the voice of a cricket... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 Seiten
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we tarn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the M tooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and have seen a man in love, grow pale, and lose his appetite,... | |
 | 1856 - 436 Seiten
...a friend. A man's rest is not in these days destroyed by the shooting of a star; and we seldom see a man in love grow pale and lose his appetite upon the plucking of a merrythought. Thirteen people will now eat their dinner in peace, unless, as suggested by Dr. Kitchener, there should... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1855 - 416 Seiten
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...pale, and lose his appetite, upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screechowl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 Seiten
...turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accident« as from real evils. I have known the shooting of a...his appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thought. Л screech-owl at пшЬнцЬ: has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers . nay, the voice of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 296 Seiten
...evils; "as if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient." " I have known," says the Essayist, " the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and...his appetite, upon the plucking of a merrythought. The screech-owl at night has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 Seiten
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...real evils. I have known the shooting of a star spoil 2 a night's rest, and have seen a man in love grow 2 pale and lose 2 his appetite upon the plucking... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1863 - 202 Seiten
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...screechowl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a baud of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 Seiten
...natural calamities of life : were not sufficient for it, we turn the most | indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, ! and suffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the shoot ing of a star spoil a night's rest; and have seen, a man in love grow pale, and lose his appetite,... | |
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