 They are surely happy," said the prince, "who have all these conveniences, of which I envy none so much as the facility with which separated friends interchange their thoughts." "The Europeans," answered Imlac, "are less unhappy than we, but they are...  the monthly review - Page 428by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759Full view - About this book
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 376 pages
...life : God will not take a catch of him. — Life. May 29, 1783. Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed. — Rasselas, ch. XL view of To take a view of human life at once disHumanLife ^^ an(j comprehensive,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 356 pages
...are supplied must admit those of fancy. Rassela*, ch. 8. » • • HUMAN life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed. /*.ch. n. • • How evil came into the world ; for what reason it is that life is overspread with... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...so impatiently when it comes. 3227 Leigh Hunt : Table Talk. Eating. Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. 3228 Johnson : Rasselas. Ch. 11. The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death. 3229... | |
 | James Henry Worman - German language - 1868 - 612 pages
...Ccbtn iff tin SufJanb, in reelcfcem siel j« ertragcn unb »emj! su geniepcn i|l, human life is a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed ; bicftS Un^Iiirf ifj mi) ju ertragcn (fann trtragen toerbcn), this misfortune is to be endured ; irfi... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1891 - 286 pages
...with which separated friends interchange their thoughts." " The Europeans," answered Imlac, " are less unhappy than we, but they are not happy. Human life is every 5 where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed." CHAPTER XII. THK STORY OF... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1898 - 228 pages
...with which separated friends interchange their thoughts.' 'The Europeans,' answered Imlac, 'are less unhappy than we; but they are not happy. Human life is every to where a state in wl^ich much is to be endured, and little to ) be enjoyed.' Vv\'' '' s CHAPTER XII.... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - English language - 1926 - 912 pages
...from the to be which has been described as a kind of copula. Thus in Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed there is nothing to prevent us from understanding much is to be endured as slightly weaker than much... | |
 | Thomas Marc Parrott - English literature - 1904 - 330 pages
...is struck in the words of Imlac, the wise counselor of Rasselas: "Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed." '' In 1762 George III, who had newly come to the throne, was graciously pleased to grant Johnson a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 172 pages
...often found, is typically expressed in this sentence from Rasselas : " Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed." 83 : 27. The Monthly Review. Founded in 1749 by Ralph Griffiths. Goldsmith was one of its contributors.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 180 pages
...often found, is typically expressed in this sentence from Rasselas : " Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed." 83 : 27. The Monthly Review. Founded in 1749 by Ralph Griffiths. Goldsmith was one of its contributors.... | |
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