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" But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all... "
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ... - Page 886
by Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 1120 pages
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A Critical Enquiry Into the Moral Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson: In which ...

William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...misery of every condition, observe the power of all the pasions in 'all' their combinations, tions, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom from the sprightliness of infancy to the...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of of every condition; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences Of climate -or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions, and accidental influences, of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modi&ed by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, fr6m the sprightliness...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and aecidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions, and accidental influences, of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions, and accidental influences, of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions, and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions, and accidental influences, of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to-the...
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