 LOOK round the habitable world, how few ., Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...  Select British Classics - Strana 2771803Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 292
...dignoscere possunt VETO, bana, atque Hits multum diversa, remota Erroris nebula Joy. Sat. 10. v. 1. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. 1 )n » N.KV In my last Saturday's paper (No. 201,) I laid down some thoughts upon devotion in general,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 526
...rtignoscere possunt Vera bona, atque .'///'., multum diverse, remotd Erraris nebula. Juv. Sat. x. 2. -How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! URYDEN. TH B folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 674
...October 27, 1753. — Quid turn dfxtn pede cmcipis, ut It ConatAt mm pfniteat, votique peratti 1 — Juv. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone.— DBYDEN. TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 482
...1753. — Quid tarn deztro pede concipis, ut te Cnnatus non paeniteat iwtique peracti ? Juv. Sat. x. 5. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone. DBYDEN. TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 538
...pouunt Vtra boaa, atque illii muttnm diversa , remotu Errarit nebula. Juv. Sat. x. 2. — — — Hbw few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DRYDEN. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 488
...Quid tam deitro pede concipis, ut t« CoHului nun ptrnitcat votique peracti ? Jtiv. Sat. x. 5. \Vbat in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone. DHYDEN. TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - Počet stránok 288
...dignoscere possunt Vera Luna, atque illis inultnm diversa, remotd. Erroris nebula Jpv. Sat. X. 1. 1. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! DRYDEN. IN my last Saturday's paper I laid down some thoughts upon devotion in general, and shall... | |
 | 1826 - Počet stránok 434
...Give me leave to fortify my unlearned reader with another bit of wisdom from Juvenal, by Dryden : Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own...design'd, so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone ' * Prior'i Poems, vol. i. The Ladle. Even the men that are distinguished by,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - Počet stránok 768
...of prudence and discernment not to pursue some plan on every occasion which requires method ; Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. DRYDEK. Will ye not now the pair of sages praise, Who the same end pursu'd by several ways ? DBYDEN.... | |
 | 1828 - Počet stránok 454
...crowded life ; Then say how hope and fear, &c. Hear how Dryden dashes into this at once : — Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. He beats even the closeness of the Latin ; and never dreams of such a useless first line as that in... | |
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