 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...October 2j> ^753Qi«f/ tarn dextro pede concipis, itt te Conatvs non pcenitcat votique peracti ? JUT. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd,...begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone. DRYD-EJT. To the ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London* My beginning was narrow,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 Seiten
...1750. Fauci dignoscere possunt Vera linnn, atque illis, multum diversa, remold Erroris nebula. Juv. • How few Know their own good; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DRYDEN. 'TpHE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and... | |
 | 1810 - 464 Seiten
...dignoscere possunt * . Vera bona, atque i'tfis mult-urn diiersa, remold Erroris nebula* Juv. •• a — How few Know their own good; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DRYDKX. folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 Seiten
...pauci dignoscere possunt Vera bona, atque i/lis multum diversa, remold Erroris nthuld Jvv. Sat. x. 1. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue ? How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Prompts the fond wish, or lifts the suppliant voice ? DRYD.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...October 27, 1793. Quid tarn dextro petle concipis ut te Conaius nan paniteat votique peracti ? Juv. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd,...begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone. DRVDEW. TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London. My beginning was narrow,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 476 Seiten
...how few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue I How void of reason are our hopes and fears 1 What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd,...begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone ? Whole houses of their whole desires poasest, Are often ruia'd at their own request. DRTDEX. IT was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 Seiten
...1750. -Paun dignoscere possunt Vera dona, atque iltis multum iliversa, rtmotii Error is nebula. Juv. -How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ? How void of reason are our hopes and fears > DRYEE>'. JL HE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - 1811 - 106 Seiten
...strong reins, because it is har'd to be ruled, ea»y to be drawn aside, and apt to be deceived. 303. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue. Dryden. 304. If you do not give to God your heart, he will accept nothing at your hands. 305. The pride... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 Seiten
...Conatus non poeniteat, votiqne peracti ? Evertere domos total, optantibus ipsi», Bi facile s. JUTKNAU Look round the habitable world : how few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue t How void of reason are our hopes and fears t What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 Seiten
...thefe, it is not much matter what we want be/ides ; for we have already enough to make us happy. JLjQOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good; or knowing it, purfue. Ver. 1. Look round] There is not perhaps in our language a poem of the moral and didactic fpecies,... | |
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LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well... 
