| 1758 - 282 pages
...on the weather and the wind far the only bleffings which nature has put into our power, tranquility and benevolence. To look up to the Sky for the nutriment...our bodies is the condition of nature, to call upon th= Sun for peace and gaiety, or deprecate the clouds left forrow fhould overwhelm us, is the cowardice... | |
| 1761 - 308 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dependance on the weather and the wind, for the only bleffings which Nature has put into our power, Tranquillity...nature; to call upon the Sun for peace and gaiety, or deprecate the Clouds left forrow fhould overwhelm us, is the cowardice of Idlenefs, and the idolatry... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1767 - 316 pages
...on the weather and the wind, for the only bleffings which Nature has put into our power, Tranquility and Benevolence. To look up to the Sky for the nutriment...nature ; to call upon the Sun for peace and gaiety, or deprecate the Clouds left forrow mould overwhelm us, is the cowardice of Idlenefs, and the idolatry... | |
| 1787 - 528 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dépendance on the weatherand the wind, for the only bleffings which Nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. To look up to the Iky for the nutriment of our bodies, is the condition of nature; to call upon the fun for peace and... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 442 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dependance on the weather and the wind, for the only bleflings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. To look up to the fky for the nutriment of our bodies, is the condition of nature ; to call upon the fun for peace and... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dependance on the weather and the wind, for the only bleflings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. To look up to the fky for the nutriment of our bodies, is the condition of nature ; to call upon the fun for peace and... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dependance on the weather and the wind, .for the only bleiiings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity., and benevolence. To look up to the.fky for the nutriment of our bodies, is the condition of njature ; to call upon the fun for peace,... | |
| English literature - 1758 - 748 pages
...the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind, for the only bleflings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. To look op to the flcy fur the nutriment of onr bodies, is the condition of nature ; to call by pleafure and... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind for the only blessings...put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination operating on luxury. To temperance, every... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind for the only blessings...put into our power, tranquillity, and benevolence.- — This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination operating on luxury. To temperance,... | |
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