 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not seen : I could not hope... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not seen ; I could not hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not seen : I could not hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 278 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors. I could never describe what I had not seen : I could not hope to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors: I could never describe what I had not seen : I could not hope to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors. I could never describe what I had not seen ; I could not hope to... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 Seiten
...suspended in the .mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors. I could never describe what I had not seen ; I could not hope to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was Jgjbe my subjectijrad men to.be my auditors^ I could jiever describe what I had not seen : I could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found, that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not seen ; I could not hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not seen : I could not hope... | |
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I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life. 
