 The man, who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb runs, the man who lives by hope will die by hunger.  The Spectator ... - Page 1111803Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...contingent futurities, thai occafions romantic generality, chimerical grandeur, fenfclels oftentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his |irui.-nt circumltances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, x>r, as the... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...GOSLING'S extravagant hopes in his-farce of a Lottery. + Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. sions romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless...indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires fo our present condition, and, whatever may he our expectations, to live within the compass of what... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English imprints - 1801 - 364 pages
...contingent futurities, that occafions romantic generofity, chimerical grandeur, fenfelefs oftentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his prefent circumftances, is in great ctanr per of living in a little time much beneath them ; or as tne... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or law-suits. In short, it is their foolish sanguine temper, this depending upon contingent...present circumstances, is in great danger of living in * little time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb runs, ' The man who lives by hope will... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin, $ Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...die by hunger." It should be an indispensable rule m life, to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever may be our expectations, to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...poverty, who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or law-suits. In short, it is this foolish sanguine temper, this depending upon...futurities, that occasions romantic generosity, chimerical grandenr, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. * Disburse seems to stand... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...poverty, who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or In« -Mills. In short, it is this foolish sanguine temper, this depending upon...in beggary and ruin. The man, who will live above hie present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them; or. as... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...poverty, who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or law-suits. In short, it is this foolish sanguine temper, this depending upon...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. * Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances,... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...poverty, who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or law-suits. In short, it is wards ge nerosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostenta tion, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...poverty, who have never suffered from losses or repairs, tenants, taxes, or law-suits. In short, it is this foolish sanguine temper, this depending upon...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. * Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. ' The man who will live above his present circumstances,... | |
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