 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 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 - 504 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But I soon found, that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire o£ .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... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1882 - 856 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 - 1831 - 138 Seiten
...Mecca. But I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled mo 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 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... | |
 | Jean Pons victor Lecoutz de Levizac (d.1) - 1834 - 494 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque at 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 lslife. Nature was to be my subject, and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 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 - 1846 - 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 to... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 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... | |
 | Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1850 - 566 Seiten
...suspended in the mosque of Mecca. But 1 s-oon 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... | |
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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. 
