 This secret horror of the last is inseparable from a thinking being whose life is limited,, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that life itself...  The Idlerby Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1767 - 366 pages
...Idler, with all his chilnefs of tranquility, is not wholly unaffected by the thought that his laft eflay is now before him. THIS fecret horrour of the laft....comparifon between a part and the whole -, the termination tlon of any period of life reminds us that life itfelf has lilcewife its termination ; when we have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...with all his chillnefs of tranquillity, is not wholly unaffected by the thought that his lail etTay is now before him. This fecret horrour of the laft...limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a fecrec comparifon between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 442 pages
...by the thought that his laft eflay is now before him. This fecret horrour of the laft is infeparablc from a thinking being, whofe life is limited, and...fecret comparifon between a part and the whole ; the ter-. mination of any period of life reminds us that life itfelf has likewife its termination ; when... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...efl'ay is now before him. This Teeret horrourof the laft is inleparable from a thinking being, whole life is limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a fecret companion between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of ife reminds us that life... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...essay is now before him. This secret horror of the last is inseparable from a thinking being whose life is limited,, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...essay is now before him. This secret horror of the last is inseparable from a thinking being, whose life is limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...thinking being whose life is limited, and to whom death is dteadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole; the termination of any period of life reminds usthat'life itself has 'likewise its termination; when we have done any thing for the last time, we... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...essay is now before him. " This secret horror of the last is inseparable from a thinking being whose life is limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...essay is now before him. " This secret horror of the last is inseparable from a thinking being whose life is limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...is now before him. • , This secret horrour of the last is inseparable from a thinking being, whose life is limited, and to whom death is dreadful. We always make a secret comparison between a part and the whole ; the termination of any period of life reminds us that... | |
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