 I have seen,' says this man of the world, " the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at their...  Illustrations of Human Life - Pagina 54di Robert Plumer Ward - 1837Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1805 - 590 pagine
...concurrent, evidence of Lord Chesterfield. " I have run," says he, " the' silly rounds of business and pleasure, and I have done with them all. I have enjoyed...loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is, in truth, very low ; whfcreas those who have not experienced, always overrate them. They only see their... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pagine
...language, calls pleasure. " I have enjoyed," says this finished character, "all the pleasures of this world, and consequently know their futility, and do...loss. I appraise them at their real value, which, in truth, is very low, whereas those who have not experienced, always over-rate them, They only see... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1804 - 350 pagine
...rounds of business and plea" sure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the plea" sures of the world, and consequently know their futility,...loss. I appraise them at their real value, which " is, in truth, very low. Whereas those that have not experi" enced, always over-rate them. They only see... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pagine
...world, by a strange perversion of language, calls pleasure. " I have enjoyed all the pleasures of this world, and consequently know their futility," and...their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which in truth, is very low, whereas those who have not experienced, always over-rate them. They only see... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pagine
...perhaps, in a settled indifference to all religion - Clever more gave hiraself'much concern -abuvxt it. and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which, in truth, is very losv; whereas those who have not experienced, always over-rate them. They only see... | |
 | Robert Hawker - 1810 - 214 pagine
...all. I have enjoyed all the felicities of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do riot regret their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is, in truth, very low. Shall I tell you that I bear this melancholy situation with that meritorious constancy... | |
 | 1811 - 300 pagine
...world, by 9 strange perversion of language, call pleasure. , ,UI have enjoyed all the pleasures of this world, and consequently know their futility, and do...their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which in truth, is very low ; whereas those who have not experienced, always over-rate them. They only see... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pagine
...attention. ' I have run,' says this man of the world, ' the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures...loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is in truth very low; whereas those that have not experienced, always overrate them. They only see their... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 202 pagine
...no.* Turn a deaf ear * Hearthe testimony of a noble lord in the view of death. " I have run," says he, " the silly rounds of business and of pleasure,...not regret their loss. I appraise them at their real valne, which is in truth very low ; whereas those who have not experienced, always over-rate them.... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pagine
...rounds of business and pleasure, and have " done with them all. — I have enjoyed all the plea" sures of the world, and consequently know their " futility,...loss. I appraise " them at their real value, which is in truth very " low ; whereas those that have not experienced, " always overrate them. They only see... | |
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