 I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many...  The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects ... - Page 347edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1807 - 692 pages
...bolt the door, excluding Just, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is idleness, tile mother of ignorance and melancholy herself; and in...word or two may not be said in praise of the BLACK LKTTKU. Schelhorn, in his Literary Amusements*-, observes, with the proper spirit of a bibliographer,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1807 - 538 pages
...Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of Eternity, amongst so many divine Souls, I take my seat with s6 lofty a Spirit, and sweet Content, that I pity all...ones, and rich Men, that know not this happiness." This animated passage is the sweet incense of a votary, who scatters it on the altar, less for the... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Learning and scholarship - 1820 - 200 pages
...the very lap of eternity, amidst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and such sweet content, that I pity all our great ones and rich men who know not this happiness." 12. La lecture est la nourriture de l'esprita: c'est par elle que nous... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 574 pages
...Ambition, Avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine...ones and rich men, that know not this happiness." Such is the incense of a votary who scatters it on the altar less for the ceremony than from the devotion.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 328 pages
...Ambition, Avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine...and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones arid rich men, that know not this happiness." Such is the incense of a votary who scatters it on the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...Ambition, Avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine...ones and rich men, that know not this happiness." Such is the incense of a votary who scatters it on the altar less for the ceremony than from the devotion.... | |
 | 1827 - 996 pages
...caused in him a greater liking. " I no sooner (saith he) come to the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices,...ones and rich men, that know not this happiness.'* DR. RADCLIFFE. Among the many singularities related of Radcliffe, it has been noticed, that when he... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...ignorance, and melancholy 'herself; and iti the very tap of eternity amongst so many divine souls, I tafce my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content,...•ones and rich men, that know not this happiness.'" ESTIMATION OF PAINTINGS. — yDr. Newton, of whom the portrait iby Sir Joshua Reynolds is deemed one... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 526 pages
...I no sooner," says he, " come to the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, amhition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is idleness,...ones and rich men, that know not this happiness." ESTIMATION OP PAINTINGS. — Dr. Newton, of whom the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is deemed one... | |
 | THOMAS RODD - 1834 - 704 pages
...idleness, the mother of ignorance, and melancholy her self; and in the very lap of eteruity, amongst •o many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a...ones, and rich men, that know not this happiness."— HEINSII s, quoted by BURTON. tiive me leave To enjoy myself: that place that docs contain My BOOKS,... | |
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