 ... of our lives that it ran much faster than it does. Several hours of the day hang upon our hands, nay we wish away whole years : and travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty wastes which we would fain hurry over, that...  The Spectator - Pagina 60geredigeerd door - 1853Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 380 pagina’s
...comfc plaining, as you obferve in a former 4• fpeculation, of the Jbortnefs of life^ and ' yet ar& perpetually hurrying over the parts *• of it to arrive at certain little fettlements 4 or imaginary points of reft^ -which are dif*• perfednpand down in it. * Now let us... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1753 - 376 pagina’s
...ftages of it : We are ccm•' plaining, as you obfeive in a former ' {peculation, of the fhc-rtnefs of life, and ' yet are perpetually hurrying over the parts ' of it to arrive at certain little fettlements 4 cr imaginary point's of reft , which are dif4 perfect up and down in it. '• Now let... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pagina’s
...ftages of it : ' We are complain' ing,' as you obferve in a former fpeculation, ' of the (hortnefs of life, and ' yet are perpetually hurrying over the ' parts of it to arrive at certain li Riefet' tlements, or imaginary points of reft, ' which'arc difperfed up and down in it.1 Now let... | |
 | 1793 - 526 pagina’s
...felf-taught in all things. Some people, the Speftator fays, are forever complaining of the ihortnefs of life, and yet are perpetually hurrying over the parts of it, to attain at certain little feulements, or imaginary points of reit, which are difperfed up and down in... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pagina’s
...existence itself, and from a reflection on our progress through the several stages of duration. We complain of the shortness of life, and yet are perpetually...imaginary points of rest, which are dispersed up and down. Now what happens, when we arrive at these imaginary points of rest ? Do we stop our motion, and sit... | |
 | David Hume - 1799 - 142 pagina’s
...feveral ftages of it : we are complaining , as you obferve in a former fpeculaTion,ofthefliortnefs of life, and yet are perpetually hurrying over the parts of it to arrive at certain little fettlements, or imaginary points of reft , which are difperfed up and down in it. Now let us confider... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pagina’s
...with many wild and empty wastes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it. If we divide the life of most men into twenty parts, we shall find that at least nineteen of them ore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pagina’s
...with many wild and empty wastes, which we would lain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it. If we divide the life of most men into twenty parts, we shall find that at least nineteen of them are... | |
 | 1803 - 402 pagina’s
...stages of it : " We are complaining," as ' you observe in a former speculation, " of the short" ness of life, and yet are perpetually hurrying over " the parts of it to arrive at certiffn little settlements, " or imaginary points of rest, which are dispersed up " and down in it."... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 294 pagina’s
...certain little settlements or imaginary points of rest, which are dispersed up and down in it." * Mean ' Now let us consider what happens to us when we arrive...down satisfied in the settlement we have gained? or arc we not removing tlie boundary, and marking out new points of rest, to which we press forward with... | |
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