IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of... The Works of Richard Savage ... - الصفحة iبواسطة Richard Savage, Samuel Johnson - 1777عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 682
...is, that it is short. Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...in Nichol's Literary Anecdotes of the eighteenth century, ii. 58. Eo. SAVAGE'. IT has been observed, in all ages, that the advantages of nature, or of...fortune, have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 446
...short. Disguise CW} gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE.s IT has been observed in alt ageis, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that tUoso whom the splendour of their rank oj the extent of their capacity have nl.iced... | |
| James Flamank - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...happiness, turned away his eyes from the court of Croasus. Dr. Johnson says, " It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...is, tliiit it is short. Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that, those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 714
...is, that it is short. Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE* IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed vary bttle to the promotion of happiness ; and thmi those whom the splendour of their rank or the extent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...or ignorance prescribes it, the same power to destroy. Dissertation on Authors. It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, has placed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...or ignorance prescribes it, the same power to destroy. Dissertation on Authors. It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, has placed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...contains many original thoughts well expressed. RICHARD SAVAGE.* (1698-1743.) It has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...— Burial in the Churchyard of St. Peter's, Bristol — Works and Character. IT has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have... | |
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