 ... remain uninjured, nature will find the means of reparation. Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye, and while we glide along the stream of time, whatever we leave behind us is always lessening, and that which we approach increasing...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Pagina 94de Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pagini
...learn to diffufe your- " felf in general converfation." " At leaft," faid the prince, " do not defpair before all remedies have been tried : the inquiry after the unfortunate lady is ftill continued, and fhall be carried on with yet greater diligence, on condition that you will promife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pagini
...or learn to diflufe yourfelf in general converfation." " At leaft, faid the prince, do not defpair before all remedies have been tried : the inquiry after the unfortunate lady is ftill continued, and fhall be carried on with yet greater diligence, on condition that you will promife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 pagini
...learn to diffufe yourfelf -in general converfation." >"' " At leaft, faid the prince, do not defpair before all remedies have been tried : the inquiry after the. unfortunate lady is ftill continued, and fhall be carried on with yet greater diligence, on condition that you will promife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate ; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again...diffuse yourself in general conversation." " At least," ^aid'the prince, " do not despair before all remedies have been tried : the inquiry after the unfortunate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing, in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion; commit yourself again...lady is still continued, and shall be carried on with greater diligence, on condition tlr.it: you will promise to wait a year for the event, without any... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate ; it will grow muddy for want of motion : commit yourself again...by degrees : you will meet in your way some other favorite, or learn to diffuse yourself in general conversation." " At least, said the prince, do not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pagini
...always lessening, and that which wo increasing in magnitude. Do not-' s'ufl'er life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world ; Pckuah will vanish by degrees ; you will meet in your way some other favourite, or learn to diffuse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate ; it will grow muddy for want of motion : commit yourself again...not despair before all remedies have been tried: the enquiry after the imfortunate lady is still continued, and shall be carried on with yet greater diligence,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate ; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world ; Pekaah will vanish by degrees ; you will meet in your way some other favourite, or learn to diffuse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pagini
...lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude. Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion : commit yourself again..."At least," said the prince, "do not despair before :i}\ remedies have been tried ; the inquiry after the unfortunate lady is still continued, and shall... | |
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