 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 páginas
...or ignorance prescribes it, the same power to destroy. Dissertation on Authors. It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, has placed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 350 páginas
...contains many original thoughts well expressed. RICHARD SAVAGE.* (1698-1743.) It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 páginas
...— Burial in the Churchyard of St. Peter's, Bristol — Works and Character. IT has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 páginas
...of the parents themselves, I the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly ." " It has been in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendor of their rank, or the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 páginas
...uninterrupted laughter, and retires rejoicing at his own importance. T has been observed in all ages, that tbe advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
 | 1888 - 576 páginas
...with four thousand of his supposed accompl,ces, were put to death. — Ibid. Those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summit of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 páginas
...fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank or the extent of their capacity have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 páginas
...with four thousand of his supposed accomplices, were put to death. — Ibid. Those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summit of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 páginas
...consciousness of his championship for his irregular friend. 214 5Lffe of Savage IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that those whom the splendor of their rank, or the extent of their ca5 pacity, have... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 páginas
...human life was a sad affair. " It has been observed in all ages," he writes in his Life of Savage, " that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness and that those whom the splendour of their rank or the extent of their capacity have placed... | |
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IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of... 
