| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1750 - 296 pages
...croft, And, ere he ftarts, a thoufand ftepsare loft. Pout TH AT the mind of man is never fatisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the prefent moment, and lofmg itfelf in fchemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper ufe of the time now in our... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1784 - 340 pages
...crolr, And ere he ftarts-, a thoufand fteps are loft. POPE. TH AT the mind of man is never fatisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always...away from the prefent moment, and lofing itfelf in ichemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper ufe of the time now in our power, to provide... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...ere he ftarts, a thoufand fttps are loft* POPE. f I '1HAT the mind of man is never fatisfied with A the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...lofing itfelf in fchemes of future felicity; and that B we * THE RAMBLER. N° 2. we forget the proper ufe of the time now in our power, to provide for the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 460 pages
...And ere be flarts, a thoiifand fteps are loft. POPE. / "T" S H AT the mind of man is never fatisfied with" the objects immediately before it, but is always...away from the prefent moment, and lofing itfelf in ichemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper ufe of the time now in our power, to provide... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 322 pages
...••• And, ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. POPE. THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 380 pages
...crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. PoPE. THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use... | |
| 1806 - 348 pages
...crost, And ere he stai ts, a thousand steps are lost. POPE. THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 372 pages
...crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. POPE, THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1809 - 352 pages
...crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. POPE. THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...crost, And ere he starts, a thousand seps are lost. POPE. *"PHAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that B4 w« we forget the proper... | |
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