 | 1854 - 684 pages
...bondage, there is an all but universal desire to reach " that mature season, in which, our passions supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis," we may enjoy a period of "autumnal felicity," ere we pass away from the present scene. But a calm consideration... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...so hereafter. After quoting the opinion of Fontenelle, who, he observes, fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis, he says, ' I am far more inclined to embrace than to dispute this comfortable doctrine. I will not... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...quoting the opinion of Fontcnelle, who, he observes, fixes our moral happiness to the mature •eaaon in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our...satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid Inns, he says, ' I am far more inclined to embrace than to dispute this comfortable doctrine. I will... | |
 | Theology - 1857 - 600 pages
...His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature [Buffon], who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, and our fame and fortune established on a solid basis. In private conversation, that great and amiable... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Historians - 1869 - 462 pages
...Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis (see Buffon). In private conversation, that great and amiable man added the weight of his own experience... | |
 | English literature - 1876 - 576 pages
...renegades are protected by the women.' Buffon, as interpreted by Gibbon, ' fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.' * Sainte-Beuve fixes our moral unhappiness to this same season — ' There comes a sad moment in life... | |
 | American periodicals - 1876 - 814 pages
...renegades are protected by the women.' Buffon, as interpreted by Gibbon, ' fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.'* Sainte-Beuve fixes our moral unhappiness to this same season — 'There comes a sad moment in life;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Authors, English - 1877 - 238 pages
...Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...that great and amiable man added the weight of his of charming ages yet to come. Foretell Tire that some tender mini, whose grandmother is yet unborn,... | |
 | Greek language - 1878 - 312 pages
...Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our XLI. moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis. In private conversation, that great and amiable man added the weight of his own experience ; and this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Fiction - 1887 - 216 pages
...His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature [Buffon], who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed...our fame and fortune established on a solid basis. In private conversation that great and amiable man added the weight of his own experience ; and this... | |
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His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid basis. 
