| 1729 - 320 pages
...Man fhould endeavour, therefore, to make the Sphere of his innocent Pleafures as wide as poflible, that he may retire into them with Safety, and find in them fuch a Satisfaction as a wife Man would not blufh to take. Of this Nature are thofe of the Imagination,... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...relative which in the following passage : A man should endeavour to make the sphere of his inno-- cent pleasures as wide as possible, that he may retire...satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. Of this nature are those of the imagination, which do not require such a bent of thought as is necessary... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly. A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of...satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. Of this nature are those of the imagination, which do Hot require such a bent of thought as is necessary... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...of some one virtue or other, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly. A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of...satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. Of this nature are those of the imagination, which do not require such a bent of thought as is necessary... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice, or folly. A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of...satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. Of this nature are those of the imagination, which do not require such a bent of thought as is necessary... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...preceding sentence to describe the nature of any set of pleaures. He had said, that it was every man's duty to make the sphere of his innocent pleasures as wide as possible, in order that, within that sphere, he might find a safe retreat, and a laudable satisfaction. The transition... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...and night, shall not cease. A man should endeavour to make the sphere of his innocent pleasures ai wide as possible, that he may retire into them with...satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. Ol this nature are those of the imagination. The army was composed of Grecian s,Carians,Lycians, Pamphylians... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...correct. A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the tfihere of his innocent pleasures as ivide as possible, that he may retire into them with safety, and find in them such a satisfaction as a ivise man would not blush to take. .: This also is a good sentence and exposed to no objection. . Of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 344 pages
...into vice or folly. A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of his innocent pleasure* as wide as possible, that he may retire into them, with safety, and find in them such a satisfaction an a wise man would not blush to take. Of this natura are those of the imagination, which do not require... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. A man should endeavour to make the sphere of his innocent pleasures as wide as possible, that he may retire to them with safety, and find in them such a satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take. This... | |
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