 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
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1864 - 334 Seiten
...torture without a groan ! Addison, in an admirable paper in The Spectator, wisely observes, that " we suffer as much from trifling accidents as from real evils. I have known," he adds, " the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest, and have seen a man in love grow pale and lose... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 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 accidents as from real evils. I have known a screechowl at midnight alarm a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath... | |
 | 1865 - 1136 Seiten
...to pass below a ladder, to meet a funeral, or to break a mirror, was a sure sign of coming evil. " I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and have Keen a man in love grow pale and lose his appetite upon the plucking of a merrythought. A screech-owl... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1885 - 900 Seiten
...the hidden works of darkness." Addison mixed in the best society of his day, and his testimony is : "I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and I have seen a man in love grow pale, and lose his appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thought.'1... | |
 | 1866 - 882 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 accidents as from real evils. " I have known," says a certain writer, " the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest, and have seen a man in love grow... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 280 Seiten
..." 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 hand of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 232 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 more terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...us, we turn the 40 most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as SUPERSTITION. 125 much from trifling accidents, as from real evils....screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 Seiten
...come within our lot. As if th» natural calamities of life were not sufficient for us, we turn thi much from trifling accidents, as from real evils....screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | William Jones - 1880 - 584 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 more terror than the roaring of a lion. There... | |
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