 He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions...  The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Página 134por Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 234 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 120 páginas
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride nnanainabledominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites al* pleasures in all combinations,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 452 páginas
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scone to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - 250 páginas
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. 346 " In time some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all other intellectual gratifications... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 páginas
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...bounty, cannot bestow. "In time some particular train of ideaa fixes the attention ; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness... | |
 | Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem - 1876 - 900 páginas
...unfitting for every sphere of useful employment. Johnson, in MaswA/s well describes this mental condition : "The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riota in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular... | |
 | Henry Lowndes - 1877 - 72 páginas
...created, we may have to face the real world of life with an impaired judgment and an irresolute will. " The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures...and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow." " By degrees the reign of fancy is confirmed, she grows first imperious, and in time despotic. Then... | |
 | 618 páginas
...and must conceive himself what he is not, — for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, Borne particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected;... | |
 | Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem - 1882 - 376 páginas
...unfitting for every sphere o: useful employment. Johnson, in Rasselas, well describes this menta condition: "The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures...their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular trail of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are re jected; the mind,... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 356 páginas
...and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible en^ joyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1883 - 168 páginas
...thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable...delights which nature and fortune with all their bounty can bestow. ' In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications... | |
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