 ... irksome. I have been for some time unsettled and distracted; my mind is disturbed with a thousand perplexities of doubt, and vanities of imagination, which hourly prevail upon me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes...  The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Seite 81von Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 234 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 Seiten
...because I have no opportunities of relaxa» tion , or diversion. I am sometimes ,> ashamed to think that I could not secure » myself from vice , but by retiring from » the exercice of virtue , and begin to sus» pect that I was rather impelled by resent» ment , than led... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 Seiten
...UPonme, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...folly, and I lament that I have lost so much, and have cained so little. In solitude, if 1 escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 Seiten
...me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. " I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 Seiten
...me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with t he advantages of society, and resolve to return into the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...me because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...likewise the counsel and conversation of the good I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 Seiten
...me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I, am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but- by retiring from the exercise of virtue, and begin to suspecl that I was rather impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude. My fancy riots... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 Seiten
...me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am i-ometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment, than '.cd by devotion into solitude. My fancy riots in scenes of folly, and I lament that I have lost ^o... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...me because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice but by retiring...the exercise of virtue, and begin to suspect that I •V9I.. HI. 29 was rather'impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude. My fancy riots... | |
 | John Henry Clive - 1813 - 162 Seiten
...because I have no opportunities of relaxation or divertioii. I am sometimes ashamed to think, that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring...likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 Seiten
...secure myself from vice, but liy retiring from the exercise of virtue, and M begin to suspect thai I was rather impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude. My fancy riols in scenes of folJy, and I lament that I have lost so much, aud havegained so little. In solitude,... | |
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