| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 Seiten
...happinefs of our boyifh years, which is echoed with fo much affectation in the world. That happinefs I have never known, that time I have never regretted; and were my poor aunt (till alive, fbe would bear teftimony to the early and conflant uniformity of my fentiments. It will... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...thought we were not to meet again." ' Letters of Boswell, p. 34. ' Gibbon (Misc. Works, \. 43) protests against ' the trite and lavish praise of the happiness...have never known, that time I have never regretted. The poet may gaily describe the short hours of recreation ; but he forgets the daily tedious labours... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...thought we were not to meet again." ' Letters of Boswell, p. 34. 1 Gibbon (Misc. Works, i. 43) protests against ' the trite and lavish praise of the happiness...have never known, that time I have never regretted. The poet may gaily describe the short hours of recreation ; but he forgets the daily tedious labours... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 Seiten
...school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise...of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge; that pleasure is incompatible with pain; that joy is excluded from sickness;... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 Seiten
...school-boy would have been ashamed. • At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise...of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge; that pleasure is incompatible with pain ; that joy is excluded from sickness... | |
| 1815 - 508 Seiten
...reading Mr. Gibbon's Memoirs, he entirely concurred in the protest which the historian has entered against the " trite and lavish praise of the happiness of our boyish years." He gave many proofs, while very young, of a particular turn for chemistry and natural philosophy, both... | |
| 1815 - 520 Seiten
...reading Mr. Gibbon's Memoirs, lie entirely concurred in the protest which the historian has entered against the " trite and lavish praise of the happiness of our boyish years." His talents were not suspected, and, if they had been known, would scarcely perhaps have been understood,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 Seiten
...school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise...years, which is echoed with so much affectation in tin- world. That happiness I have never known, that time I have never regretted ; and were my poor... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 Seiten
...school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise...aunt still alive, she would bear testimony to the earljr and constant uniformity of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that /am not a competent... | |
| 1830 - 336 Seiten
...school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise...of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge ; that pleasure is incompatible with pain ; that joy is excluded from sickness... | |
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