 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 Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 281by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Richard Savage, Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 354 pages
...am, SIR, Your obliged Friend, THE EDITOR. DR. JOHNSON'S E OFTHE AUTHO R. VoL. I. OFTHE UTHO R. JLT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...the promotion of happinefs ; and that thofe whom the fplendor of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, hav« placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 316 pages
...THE i ' '• L IF E . • OF ! * Mr. RICHARD SAVAGE. TT T has been obferved in all Ages, tijat the I Advantages of Nature or of Fortune have contributed...the Promotion of Happinefs ; and that thofe whom the Splendor of their Rank, or the Extent of their Capacity, have placed upon the Summits of Human Life,... | |
 | Richard Savage, Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 294 pages
...am, SIR, Your obliged Friend, THE EDITOR. DR. JOHNSO N'S LIFE OFTHE AUTHO OF THE UTHO IT has beeen obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed verylittle to the promotion of happinefs; .and that thole whom the fplendor of their rank, or the extent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 474 pages
...Shilling is, that it is fhort. Difguife can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. . . • SAVAGE. TT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...fummits of human life, have not often given any juft occafiort to envy tn thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation: whether it be that apparent fuperiority... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...that it is fhort. Difguife can gratify no longer thao it deceives. SAVAGE. I SAVAGE. t '97 SAVAGE. TT has been obferved in all ages,- that the advantages...upon the fummits of human life, have not often given anyjuft occafion to envy in thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation : whether it be that apparent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Criticism and interpretation - 1781 - 258 pages
...Fox, J. BoWEN. PREFACES TO SAVAGE, SOMERVILE, THOMSON, HAMMOND, ANB COLLINS. VOL. IX. -At. SAVAGE. IT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...the promotion of happinefs; and that thofe whom the fplendor of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 478 pages
...fhort. Difguife can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. O a I : s A VA xr.k:;',? . .. . TT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...the promotion of happinefs; and that thofe whom the. Iplendour cf their rank, or the extent of their, capacity, have placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...of people is nothing if it is riot known, and very little if it is not envied. Idlfr, v. a, f. i55. It has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...upon the fummits of human life, have not often given anyjuft occafon to envy in thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation. Whether it be, that apparent... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...Splendid Shilling is, that it is fhort. Difguife can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAG E. SAVAGE. IT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages...fplendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, haye placed upon the fummit of human life, have not often given any juft occafion to envy in rhofe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1791 - 490 pages
...' '\ ' '"• , % ' : * ' . * 4 t,-^*""'1 V . A GVE. * • ••-• -.-;• ,j -;.,; '•• , LTT has been obferved in all ages, that the -* advantages...fplendour of their rank, or. the extent of their capacity, * r have placed upon the fummit of human life, have npt often given any juft occafion to envy in thofe... | |
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