| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - Страниц: 366
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts; or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - Страниц: 342
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts; or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| 1803 - Страниц: 472
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts ; or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| 1804 - Страниц: 676
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with jt; so is that of the other, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - Страниц: 504
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas; as those of a fool are by his passions : the time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts ; or, in other words-, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - Страниц: 508
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions : the time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts ; or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - Страниц: 428
...those of a fool are by his fashions ; the time of the one ls long, because he does not know what td do with it ; so is that of the other, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful and amusing thoughts: or, m other words, because the on'e is al* wishing it away-, and the other always... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - Страниц: 372
...pursuit of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions : the time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts; or in other words, because the .one is always wishing it away» and the other always enjoying... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - Страниц: 340
...pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts ; or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - Страниц: 490
...him. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passion* ; the time of the one is long, because he does not know...because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful and amusing thoughts : or, in other words, because the orie is alThere seems to be some minds suited... | |
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