 Of any passion, thus innate and irresistible, the existence may reasonably be doubted. Human characters are by no means constant; men change by change of place, of fortune, of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover...  Macmillan's Magazine - Página 4891883Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...acquaintance; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must he at least allowed that this ruling Passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...acquaintance; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must he at least allowed that this rulmg Passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 páginas
...like expanded gold, exchanges solid strength for feeble splendour/ Irene, p. 1 6. EXCELLENCE. Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not *ften gained upon easier terms. Life of Pope. There is a vigilance of observati&n, and accuracy of... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 498 páginas
...youth, since accidental causes have frequently directed the pursuits of genius. Johnson says, " To a particular species of excellence men are directed,...some accident which excited ardour and emulation." Caresses and coercion, also, have made many a youth a bright genius ; patronage and poverty have stimulated... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 516 páginas
...LOVELL EDGEWORTH. ESSAYS ON PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. CHAPTER I. ON THE CHOICE OF, A PROFESSION. " THOSE, who attain any excellence, commonly spend life " in one pursuit; for excellence is not often obtained upon " easier terms. But to the particular species of excellence " men are directed, not by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...intervention of some accidental or subordinate propension. at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must at least be allowed, that this ruling passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 páginas
...acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must at least be allowed that this ruling passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit ; lor excellence is not often gained upon easier terms....some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must at least 'oe allowed, that this ruling passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 páginas
...acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in...humour, but by the first book which they read, some earlv conversation which they heard, or some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 páginas
...acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in...predominating humour, but by the first book which they read, gome early conversation which they heard, or some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must... | |
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