 ... yet the toil with 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...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Strona 329autor: Samuel Johnson - 1806Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1826 - Liczba stron: 450
...frequent 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 deffcts, and a continual refufcitation of defires which he feels himfelf unable to gratify. So certainly... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - Liczba stron: 428
...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...himself unable to gratify. So certainly is weariness and vexation the concomitant of our undertakings, that every man, in whatever he is engaged, consoles... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - Liczba stron: 620
...disgusting, and so frequent i-ч 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 correction of his defects, and a continual resuscitation of desires which be feels himself unable to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - Liczba stron: 624
...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...with the hope of change ; if he has made his way by as•irluity to public employment, he talks among his mends of the delight of retreat ; if, by the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - Liczba stron: 142
...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,...desires which he feels himself unable to gratify. RULE IV. ENUMERATION OF PARTICULARS, DEPENDING ON THE CONCLUSION OF A SENTENCE. When a sentence consisting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - Liczba stron: 624
...disgusting, and so frequent ia 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 of bis defects, and a contumal resuscitation of desires which he feel? himself unable to gratify. So certainly... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - Liczba stron: 524
...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...himself unable to gratify. So certainly is weariness and vexation the concomitant of our undertakings, that every man, in whatever he is engaged, consoles... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - Liczba stron: 360
...perfection which we imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavors than a painful conviction of his defects, and a continual...desires which he feels himself unable to gratify. Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly ; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - Liczba stron: 360
...perfection which we imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavors than a painful conviction of his defects, and a continual...desires which he feels himself unable to gratify. Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly ; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - Liczba stron: 364
...imagined within our reach, that seldom any man obtains more from his endeavors than a painful convictiou of his defects, and a continual resuscitation of desires which he feels himself unable to gratify. Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive... | |
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