 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
 | 1841 - 908 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 conditions, that which for the present he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 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...fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. " In lime, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 Seiten
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is7 He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in a-11 combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1843 - 294 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 conditions that which for the present moment heshould most desire ; amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 Seiten
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; fur who is pleased with ichtit he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...confers upon his pride unattainable dominion.'''' Kindness triumphs over pride and madness by sympathetically exciting its own spirit, not by constraint,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 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 he schould most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - 1848 - 496 Seiten
...boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginary conditions, that which for the present moment he would most desire ; amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominions. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 228 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...unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots 8* . r' < iu ; •< • '.,f ' " ' • ' ' f 178 RASSELAS. in delights, which nature and fortune, with... | |
 | 1852 - 596 Seiten
...present moment we should most desire, and use our desires with impossible enjoyments, and confer upon pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from...delights, which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, can not bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 118 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...dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites al, pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty,... | |
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