In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. It is not unlikely that Addison was first seduced to excess by the manumission which he obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours. He that feels... The Works of Samuel Johnson - Página 108por Samuel Johnson - 1816Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...confidence. It is not unlikely tba Addison was first seduced to excess by the manumission which he obtainei .from the servile timidity of his sober hours. He that feels oppression fron the presence of those to whom he knows himself superior, will desire to sc loose his powers of... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...Button's h6use. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort,...from the servile timidity of his sober hours. He that feds oppression from the presence of those to whom he knows himself superior, will desire to set loose... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 páginas
...abilities, should steal upon esteem, though it misses of approbation. , ' Ibid. vol. 10, p. 628. f •WINE. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for coniidence ; but who ever asked succour from Bac•chus, that was able to preserve himself from being... | |
| Spectator The - 1808 - 348 páginas
...hottle," says JottNsoN, " discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and hash I'n 1 1 icss for confidence. It is not unlikely that ADDIsoN was first seduced to excess hy the manumission which he ohtained from the servility of his soher hours. He that feels oppression... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat Ь!Р, and drank too much wine. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort,...seduced to excess by the manumission which he obtained frotti the servile timidity of his sober hours. He that feels oppression from the presence of those... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 páginas
...Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort,...was first seduced to excess by the manumission which ho obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours. He that feels oppression from the presence... | |
| Samuel Charters - 1815 - 110 páginas
...colloquial powers. Johnson says of Addison that he drank too much wine, and thinks it not unlikely, that he was first seduced to excess by the manumission which...obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours. Professor Arthur, whose bright talents were obscured by invincible bashfulness and hesitancy in speaking,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 376 páginas
...• Spence. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where lie often sat late, and drank too much wine. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort,...feels oppression from the presence of those to whom lie knows himself superior will desire to set loose his powers of conversation ; and who that ever... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 298 páginas
...sat late, and drank too much wine. In the bottle, discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice 21 Spence. for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. It is not unlikely that Addison was first sednced to excess by the manumission which he obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours.... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 884 páginas
...mentioned this failing with moderation and delicacy. " He" (Addison) " often sat late, and drank too much wine. In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort,...is not unlikely that Addison was first seduced to ex* " How noble does the character of Addison appear, who though equally (with Pope) attacked by Dennis... | |
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