| 1761 - 308 pages
...another ; if the paflage of the Sun did not mew that the day is wafting ; if the change of fcafons did not imprefs upon us the flight of the year, quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobferved. If the parts of time were not varioufly coloured, we fhould never difcern their departure... | |
| Richard Griffith - English letters - 1766 - 312 pages
...another; if the Paflage of the Sun did not (hew that the Day was wafting ; if the Change of Seafons did not imprefs upon us the Flight of the Year ; Quantities...of Duration, equal to Days, and Years, would glide imperceptibly away. If the Parts of Time were not varioufly coloured, we mould never difcern their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1767 - 316 pages
...the courfe. If one hour were like another ; if the paflage of the Sun did not mew 'that the day is wafting; if the change of feafons did not imprefs...quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobferved. If the parts of time were not varioufly coloured, we fhould never difcern their departure... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
..."the courfe. If one hour were like another ; if the . paflage of the fun did not fhew that the day is wafting ; if the change of feafons did not imprefs...quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobferved. If the parts of time were not varioufly coloured, we fhould never difcern their departure... | |
| 1787 - 528 pages
...like another; if the paffige of the fun did not (hew that the day is waiting; if the change of fraibns did not imprefs upon us the flight of the year; quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobIfrved. If the parts of time were not »arioiifly coloured, we mould never difcení their departure... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...of the fun did not fhew that the day is wafting ; if the change of feafons did not imprefs upon tis the flight of the year; quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobferved. If the parts of time were not varioufly coloured, we fhould never difcern their departure... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 442 pages
...another ; if the pafTage of the fun did not fhew that the day is wafting; if the change of fcafons did not imprefs upon us the flight of the year; quantities of duratloh equal to days and years would glide urtobferved. If the parts of time were not varioufly coloured,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...of the courfe. If one hour were like another; if the paflage of the fun did not mew that the day is wafting; if the change of feafons did not imprefs upon. us the ffight of the year ; quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobferved. If the... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...passage of the sun did not show that the day is wasting ; if the change of seasons did not impress upon us the flight of the year; quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobserved. If the parts of time were not variously coloured, •we should never discern their departure... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 196 pages
...passage of the sun did not shew that the day is wasting ; if the change of seasons did not impress upon us the flight of the year ; quantities, of duration, equal to days and years, would glide unobserved. If the parts of time were not variously coloured, we should never discern their departure... | |
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