 The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.  Johnson's Lives of the Poets - Page 182by Samuel Johnson - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...embroil families in difcord, and fill houfes with difquiet, do more to obftrucl: the happinefs of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been well obferved, that the of man proceeds not from any fingle rufh of overwhelming evil, but from fmall vexations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...embroil families in difcord, and fill houfes with difquiet, do more to obftruft the happinefs of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been well oblerved, that the mifery of man proceeds not from any fingle crufti of overwhelming evil, but from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...in difcord, and fill houfeswith difquiet, do more to obftruct the happinefs of life in a year chart the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been well ohferved, that the mifery of man proceeds not from any fingle crufh of overwhelming evil, but from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...embroil families in difcord, and fill houfes with difquiet, do more to obflruct the happinefs of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been well obferved, that the mifery of man proceeds not from any fingle crufh of overwhelming evil, but from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...embroil families in difcord, and fill houfes with difquiet, do more to obftruct the happinefs of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been well obferved, that the mifery of man proceeds not from any fmgle crufh of overwhelming evil, but from fmall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...embroil families in difcord, and fill houfes with difquiet, do more to obftrudr. the happinefs of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. It has been wett obferved, that the mifery of man proceeds not from any fmgle crufh of overwhelming evil, but from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pages
...embroil fami-. lies in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries. b It has been well observed, that the misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...p. 8. In the autumn of 1762 he also kept a journal which he sent to Temple to read. Ib. p. 19. ' ' It has been well observed, that the misery of man...evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.' Johnson's Works, viii. 333. ' The main of life is indeed composed of small incidents and petty occurrences.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...p. 8. In the autumn of 1762 he also kept a journal which he sent to Temple to read. Ib. p. 19. 4 ' It has been well observed, that the misery of man...evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.' Johnson's Works, viii. 333. ' The main of life is indeed composed of small incidents and petty occurrences.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the •happiness of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many...that the misery of man proceeds not from any single crufti of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated. It is remarked by Dennis... | |
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