| 1822 - 386 pagine
...there be many men that are by others taken to be serious and grave, which we contemn and pity. Mdn that are taken to be grave, because Nature hath made...no need to borrow their thoughts to think ourselves happy. No, no, Sir, we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and as the learned... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 386 pagine
...be grave, because Nature hath made them of a sour complexion, money-getting men, men that spend alt their time first in getting, and next in anxious care...no need to borrow their thoughts to think ourselves happy. No, no, Sir, we enjoy a o >n tiMitedness above the reach of luch dispositions, and as the learned... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 426 pagine
...on, and be a scoffer still ; but I account them an enemy to me and all that love virtue and angling. men, we anglers pity them perfectly, and stand in...no need to borrow their thoughts to think ourselves happy. No, no, Sir, we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and as the learned... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pagine
...men that are condemned to be rich, and then always busy or discontented : for these poor-rich-meri, we Anglers pity them perfectly, and stand in no need...borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, Sir, we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and as the learned and ingenuous... | |
| 1828 - 560 pagine
...and next in anxious care to keep it ; men, that are condemned to be rich, and then always busy and discontented. For these poor rich men we anglers pity...borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, Sir ! we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions." As to the contemptible character... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 426 pagine
...men that are condemned to be rich, and then always busy or discontented : for these poor-rich-men, we pity them perfectly, and stand in no need to borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, sir, we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositons, and, as the learned and ingenuous... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 380 pagine
...them enemies to me and to all that love virtue and angling. And for you that have heard many grave, serious men pity anglers ; let me tell you, sir, there...borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, sir! we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and, as the learned and ingenuous... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 350 pagine
...Men that are taken to be grave, because nature hath made them of a sour complexion — jnoney-getting men, men that spend all their time, first in getting,...borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, sir ! we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and, as the learned and ingenuous... | |
| 1833 - 388 pagine
...condemned to be rich, and then always busy or discontented ; for these poor, rich men, we angler's pity them perfectly, and stand in no need to borrow their thoughts, to think ourselves so happy. No, Sir ! (Hold up your head, Mister Cynic, and do not be abashed !) we enjoy a contentedness above the... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1836 - 358 pagine
...taken to be grave, because nature hatk aide them of a sour complexion — money-getting men, men jhat spend all their time, first in getting, and next in...borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, sir ! we enjoy a contentedness above the reach of such dispositions, and, as the learned and ingenuous... | |
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