 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - Liczba stron: 422
...is the neceffity of refting below that perfection which we imagined •within our reach, that feldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defecls, and a continual refufcitation of defires which he feels himfcU unable to gratify. So certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - Liczba stron: 444
...frequent is the neceffity of refting below that perfection which we imagined within our reach, that leldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defects, and a continual refufcitation of defires which he feels himfelf unable to gratify. So certainly is wearinefs the concomitant... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - Liczba stron: 516
...frequent is the neceflity of refting below that perfection which we imagined within our reach, that feldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defecb, and a. continual refufcitation of dcfires which he feels himfelf unable to gratify. So certainly... | |
 | 1801 - Liczba stron: 320
...frequent is the neceffity oi refting below that perfeclion which we imagined within our reach, that feldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defects, and and a. continual refufcitation of defires which he feels himfelf unable to gratify. So certainly is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 354
...by unexpected facility, and the imagination soothed by incidental excellencies ; yet lie toil with which performance struggles after idea, is so irksome...resting below that perfection which we imagined within out reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defects,... | |
 | 1806 - Liczba stron: 420
...frequent is the neceffity of. reding below that perfection which we imagined within our reach, that feldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of his defects, and a continual refufcitation of defires which he feels himfelf unable to gratify. So certainly is wearinefs the concomitant... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - Liczba stron: 272
...by unexpected facility, and the imagination soothed by incidental excellencies ; yet the toil with which performance struggles after idea, is so irksome...and so frequent is the necessity of resting below the perfection which we imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavours... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - Liczba stron: 914
...is an employment too fearful for the present spirits of the Author. "The toil," says Johnson, "with which performance struggles after idea, is so irksome...disgusting, and so frequent is the necessity of resting bdow that perfection, which we imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - Liczba stron: 354
...an employment too fearful for the present spirits of the Author: " The toil," says Johnson, " with which performance struggles after idea, is so irksome...desires, which he feels himself unable to gratify." But he who declines to act till he can reach ideal excellence, is a selfish coward ,- and surely he,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - Liczba stron: 272
...struggles after idea, is so irksome and disgusting, and so frequent is the necessity of resting below the perfection which we imagined within our reach, that...more from his endeavours than a painful conviction of big defects, and a continual resuscitation of desires which he feels himself unable to gratify. So... | |
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... which performance struggles after idea, is so irksome and disgusting, and so frequent is the necessity of resting below that perfection which we imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavours than a painful conviction... 
