 | Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 176 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want Jikewife the concounfel and converfation of the good.; I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 Seiten
...abstracted devotion should not be encouraged.' Ante, ii. 12. The hermit in Rasselas (ch. 21) says: — 'The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.' In Johnson's Works (1787), xi. 203, we read that 'Johnson thought worse of the vices of retirement... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want likewife the counfel and converfation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want like wife the counfirl and converfation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want likewife the counfel and converfation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want likewife the counfel and converfation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fbciety, and refolve to return into the world tomorrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want likewife the counfel and converfation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 Seiten
...if THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. io3 » I escape the example of bad men , I want » likewise the counsel and conversation of » the good. I have been long...society , and » resolve to return into the world to-mor» row. The life of a solitary man will be » certainly miserable , but not certainly de« vout... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 Seiten
...little. In folitude, if I efcape the example of bad men, I want likewife the counfel and converfation of the good, I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of fociety, and refolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a folitary man will be certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 Seiten
...the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the cood. I have Iong been comparing the evils with the advantages of society,...a short pause, offered to conduct him to Cairo. He dug UP a considerable treasure which he had hid among the rocks, and accompanied them to the city,... | |
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... suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment than led by devotion into solitude. My fancy riots in scenes of folly, and I lament that I have lost so much, and have gained so little. In solitude, if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise... 
