 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 страници
...qualified for great attain^ mc'nts should first endeavour their own benefit ; and that they, who are w able to teach others the way to happiness, should with most certainty folio it themselves. But this expectation, however plausible, has been very frequentlydisappointed.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 страници
...felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment ; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better effects; that minds...their own benefit; and that they, who are most able to teaoh others the way to happiness, should with most certainty follow it themselves. But this expectation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 страници
...felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment ; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better effects ; that minds...; and that they, who are most able to teach others Ute way to happiness, should with most certainty follow it themselves. But this expectation, however... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 страници
...astonishment ; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better efiects ; that minds qualified for great attainments should...their own benefit ; and that they, who are most able ta teach others the way to happiness, should with most certainty follow it themselves. But this expectation,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 страници
...which lliev cannot give, raises no astonishment ; but \[ seems rational to hope, that intcllcolu-.il greatness should produce better effects; that minds...attainments should first endeavour their own benefit ; and t|iat they, who arc most able to. U-aclj others Ihc waj to happiness, should with most certainty follow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 страници
...felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better effects; that minds...happiness, should with most certainty follow it themselves. • • . • : •• \i T.. ..i. But this expectation, however plausible, has been/ very frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 434 страници
...which they cannot give, raises no astonishment; but it seems rational to hope, that inteK , lectual greatness should produce better effects ; that minds...way to happiness, should with most certainty follow ii themselves. But this expectation, however plausible, has been very frequently disappointed. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 428 страници
...should with most certainty follow!^ themselves. But this expectation, however plausible', •• E^ been very frequently disappointed. The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been veiHr often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have achieved; and volumes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 страници
...felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better effects : that minds...very frequently disappointed. The heroes of literary will be inserted in the work, and abstracts of others subjoined in the margin. " It may be necessarily... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 страници
...felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment; but it seems rational to hope, that intellectual greatness should produce better effects : that minds...very frequently disappointed. The heroes of literary will be inserted in the work, and abstracts of others subjoined in the margin. " It may be necessarily... | |
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That affluence and power, advantages extrinsick and adventitious, and therefore easily separable from those by whom they are possessed, should very often flatter the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give, raises no astonishment: but... 
