 It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progrcssional, and otherwise made in vain...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 229by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...t thereby confirming his wavering * Hand unto the Animofity of that Attempt. « It is the heavieft Stone that Melancholy can * throw at a Man, to tell...there is no further State to come, * unto which this feemsprogreflional, and otherwife * made in vain : Without this Accomplifhment, the * natural Expectation... | |
 | 1774 - 390 pages
...confirming his wavering *:Hand unto the Animofity of that Attempt. •'.'••••It is the heavicft Stone that Melancholy can •' throw at a Man, to tell him he is at the End of his 'f.lNature; or that there is no further State to com?, ~? '.unto which this feerns progrefTional, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...thereby confirm" ing his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft flone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him...the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...thereby confirm" ing his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him...the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...thereby confirm" ing his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him...the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 pages
...animosity of that attempt. ' . 'i '•'•: ' •'i' . . " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy cart throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his natnre; or that there is no fnrther state to. come, nnto which this seems progressional, and otherwise... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell hiui he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems professional, and otherwise made in vain." But of sucli a conspiracy and a-sault against the best hope«... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1819 - 592 pages
...which makes us amazed at those audacities that durst be nothing and return into their chaos again. — It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw...he is at the end of his nature, or that there is no farther state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain.' We cannot... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...which makes us amazed at those audacities that durst be nothing and return into their chaos again. — It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw...he is at the end of his nature, or that there is no farther state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain.' We cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 470 pages
...stroke, spent part of the night in reading the immortality of Plato, thereby confirming his wavering hand unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the...is no further state to come, unto which this seems progress ional, and otherwise made in vain : without this accomplishment, the natural expectation and... | |
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