 He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions...  Works - Seite 390von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 410 Seiten
...is ' He lhen expatiates in boundless futurity. and eulls from all imaginable eonditions that whieh for the present moment he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments. and eonfers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind danees from seene to seene, unites all p1 sures... | |
 | 1820 - 286 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...for the present moment he should most desire, amuses bis desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scence to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scence to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and... | |
 | 1823
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scence to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1823 - 816 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind slaves from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 594 Seiten
...himself what he is flotj for wjuTis pleased with^what he is? Helhen expatiates in boundless foturity* and culls from all imaginable conditions that which...pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scence to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 64 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment h« should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls, from all imaginable...and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. " lu time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all other intellectual gratifications... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls, from all imaginable...pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, w_hjcb. »ature and fortune, with all 1 heir liomil y, (Mimul bestow, " In time, some particular train... | |
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