 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 their...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 329by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1759 - 176 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition ; obferve the power of all the paffions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions and accidental influF 3 ences ences of climate or cuftom, from the Ipritelinefs of infancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition ; obferve the power of all the paflions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions and accidental influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition; obferve the power of all the paflions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions and accidental influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition ; obferve the power of all the paflions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions and accidental influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1790 - 318 pages
...thai he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition ; obferve the power of all the paffions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various -inftitutions and accidental influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition; obferve the power of ail the paflions in all their combinations> and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions and accidental influences of climate or cuftom^ from the fprightlinefs of infancy to .the... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...requires that he edimatethe happinefs and mifery of every condition, obferve the power of all the paffions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions, and accidental influences of climate or cuflom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...eft ¡mate the happinefs and mifery of every condition, obferve the power of all the paffions in аД their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitutions, and accidental influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 462 pages
...that he eftimate the happinefs and mifery of every condition ; obferve the power of all the paffions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various inftitution?, and accidental influences, of climate or cuftoin, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to... | |
 | William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...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...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... | |
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