... will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety. 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? Solitude - Page 74de Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1836Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. "To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy - f the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquky will sometimes give... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences Speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send, imagination out upon the wing, is often...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy $ the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long ; the ardour of inquiry will sonjetimes give way... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last l°ng; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way to... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...comes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power »f fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy , the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long ; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or aftion. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...; the ardor of inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety. He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long ; the ardour of inquiry will someumes give way to... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; th'e labour of excogitation is too violent to last long ; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...becomes ungovernable, and apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquiry wilt sometimes give -way... | |
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