 There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Strana 131podľa James Ferguson - 1819Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - Počet stránok 710
...and diseovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not eriminal; every diversion they take is at the expence of some one virtue or another, and their very... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1854 - Počet stránok 504
...not a proper antecedent, since it stands in the genitive case as the qualification only of a man. " There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleas"u«es that are not criminal : every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 704
...and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...not criminal ; every diversion they take is at the expeuce of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 1090
...and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...not criminal ; every diversion they take is at the expence of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - Počet stránok 542
...and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not 1 The degree of comparison is expressed in the adjective itself. The comparative, more, is then to... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - Počet stránok 464
...not a proper antecedent, since it stands in the genitive case as the qualification only of a man. " There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...first step out of business is into vice or folly." This sentence is truly elegant, musical, and correct. " A man should endeavor, therefore, to make the... | |
 | Joseph Catafago - 1858 - Počet stránok 368
...assertion ; 3dly, a consequence ; and 4thly, a conclusion. FOURTH MODEL. (1. Leading assertion.) " There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal. (2. Amplification.) Every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and... | |
 | Louis Direy - 1858 - Počet stránok 186
...give here a few instances of such oversights: There are but few who know how to be idle and innocent ; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or other. Addison. By they, the author means, not the few he has mentioned, but most men, whom he has... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1863 - Počet stránok 446
...not a proper antecedent, since it stands in the genitive case as the qualification only of a man. " There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...are not criminal : every diversion they take is at th%expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 546
...xx, entitled " Critical examination of the Style of Mr. Addison, in No. 411 of the Spectator " : " There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be...not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expence of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.... | |
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