 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves...lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my son, who... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves...begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct oiy way. We then look back upon our lives •'uh horror, with sorrow, with repentance; and wish, but... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...take up the thoughts of the present set of young people. We entangle ourselves in business,-immerge ourselves in luxury, — and rove through the labyrinths...upon our lives with horror — with sorrow, — with repentance-andttfi'sfi/— but toooftenvainly wish, — that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...labyrinths of inconNo. 65. THE RAMBLER. 417 " stancy, till the darkness of old age begins to iu" vade us, • and disease and anxiety obstruct our " way....wish, " but too often vainly wish, that we had not for" saken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my " son, who shall learn from thy example not to "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...ury, and rove through the labyrinths of incon" stancy, till the darkness of old age begins to in" vade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our " way. We...wish, " but too often vainly wish, that we had not for" saken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my " son, who shall learn from thy example not to "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 468 pages
...labyrinths of inconNo. 65. THE RAMBLER. 417 " stancy, till the darkness of old age begins to in" vade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our " way. We...wish, " but too often vainly wish, that we had not for" saken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my " son, who shall learn from thy example not to "... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and Hisoas* and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon...repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we h;ul not forsakpn the ways of virtue. Happy aie they, my sun, who shall learn from thy example not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...the remembrance of our original inten" tion, and quit the only adequate object of ra" tional desire. We entangle ourselves in business, " immerge ourselves...labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness " of " of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety " obstruct our way. We tben look back upon... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...invader us, and disease and anxiety obstructs our way. AVe then look back upon our lives with horrour, with sorrow, With repentance; and wish, but too often...wish, that We had not forsaken the ways of virtue. 18. " Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example, not to despair; but shall remember,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy ; till the darkness of old age bepins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives wilh horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too ofi-n vainly wish, thut we had not forsaken... | |
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By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of... 
