 ... pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the sixtysecond year made me ashamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pagina 59door Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pagina’s
...Zobeide. I enquired and rejected, confulted and deliberated, till the fixty-fecond year made me afhamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement, and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from publick employment. SUCH was my fcheme, and fuch has been its confequence. With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pagina’s
...Zobeide. I enquired and rejected, confulted and deliberated, till the fixty-fecond year made me afhamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement, and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from publick employment. Such was my fcheme, and fuch has been its confequence. With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pagina’s
...Zobeide. I enquired and rejected, confuhed and deliberated, till the fixty-fecond year made me afhamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement, and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from pu!>lick employment. Such was my fcheme, and fuch has been its confequence.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pagina’s
...Zcbeide. I enquired and rejected, confulted and deliberated, till the fixty-fecond year made me afhamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement, and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from publick employment. Such was my fcheme, and fuch has been its confequence. With... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pagina’s
...Zobcide. I enquired and rejefled, confulted and deliberated, till the fixty-fecond yeannade me afhamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement, and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from publick employment. ' Such was my fcheme, and fuch has been it's confequcnce.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pagina’s
...rejected, confulted and deliberated^ till the fixty-fecond year made me afliamed of wifliing to marry. I had now nothing left but retirement; and for retirement I never found a time, till difeafe forced me from .public employment." " Such was my fcheme, and fuch has been its conferquence.... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pagina’s
...But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I enquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the...I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment. Such was my scheme, and such has been it consequence. With an insatiable thirst... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pagina’s
...indulge .myself in domestick pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Howies, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted.... - ; Such was my scheme, and such has .been its. consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement; with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pagina’s
...deliberated, till the six'.;. -iiioi,;d ^ear made me ashamed of wishing to marry. IL '. 1 ;it;w not'iing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment " " Such was my scheme, and such has been it? consequence. With an insatiable thirst... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pagina’s
...indulge myself in domestick pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted...employment. " Such was my scheme, and such has been its consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge I trifled away the years of improvement ; with... | |
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