 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
 | Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem - 1883 - 934 Seiten
...for every sphere of useful employment. Johnson, in Runsell ts well describes this mental condition : "The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures...particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all other in tel lei 't1 ual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in j weariness or leisure, recurs constantly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 Seiten
...and 20 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...some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; 30 all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 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 5 he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon hia pride... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 252 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...the present moment he should most desire, amuses his 30 desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 256 Seiten
...what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and^l culls from all imaginable conditions that which for...' present moment he should most desire, amuses his desii£Si_with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride uhatTamaTSTe" dbttrfERJfT Tire mind... | |
 | Moses Samelson - 1898 - 412 Seiten
...thoughts; and must conceive himself what ho is not; for who is pleased with what he is? "lie can expatiate in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...riots in delights which nature and fortune with all its bounty cannot bestow. "In time, some particular train of ideas forces the attention; all other... | |
 | 1923 - 380 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 confers upon his pride unattainable dominion." It may thus be seen that there is an element of danger in the excessive use of the imaginative faculty.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 256 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...desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 260 Seiten
...pleased with what he isPffHe then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all ima^ ginable conditions that which for the present moment he should...desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in... | |
 | Meyer Howard Abrams - 1971 - 420 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 confers upon his pride unattainable dominion.** Johnson, of course, had no intention of applying his analysis of the imagination in wish-fulfillment... | |
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