It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 274by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...Animofity of that Attempt. « It is the heavieft Stone that Melancholy can * throw at a Man, to tell him he is at the End of his ? Nature ; or that there is no further State to come, * unto which this feemsprogreflional, and otherwife * made in vain : Without this Accomplifhment, the * natural Expectation... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft flone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...fore he durst give the fatal stroke, spent part " of the night in reading the immortality of Pla" to, thereby confirming his wavering hand unt.o " the animosity...that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of " his nature ; or that there is no further state to " come, unto which this seems... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...the body were distinguished from those of other substances. Of the uselessness of these enquiries, Browne seems not to have been ignorant; and, therefore,...stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progressional,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...stroke, spent part of the night in reading tke im" mortality of Plato, thereby confirming his waver" ing hand unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the...that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his " nature; or that there is no further state to come, " unto which this seems... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell hiui he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems professional, and otherwise made in vain." But of sucli a conspiracy and a-sault against the best hope«... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is...seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain." But qf such a conspiracy and assault against the best hopes of man, these Otabeitans, A» soon as a... | |
| Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 550 pages
...Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he 19 at the end of his nature; or that there is no further...seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain." But of such a conspiracy and assault against the best hopse of man, these Otahfitans, As soon as a... | |
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