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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... "
Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Page 29
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 pages
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes

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...
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The prince of Abissinia [by S. Johnson].

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...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. 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...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 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 influences of climate or cuftom, from the fprightlinefs of infancy to the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of ...

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...
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy ...

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...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

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...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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...
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