 ... law, which was the business I designed to follow, appeared nauseous to me, and I could think of no other way of pushing my fortune in the world but that of a scholar and philosopher. I was infinitely happy 'in this course of life for some months,...  The North British Review - Стр. 4861847Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Wayne P. Pomerleau - 1997 - Страниц: 566
...reports that in early September, 1729, "all my Ardor seem'd in a moment to be extinguish!, & I cou'd no longer raise my mind to that pitch, which formerly gave me such excessive Pleasure." He blamed this listlessness on his own "Laziness of Temper, which must be overcome by redoubling my... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - Страниц: 772
...Human Nature (1739). For a while, he studied at fever pitch, but then succumbed to fatigue and ennui: 'I could no longer raise my Mind to that pitch, which formerly gave me such excessive Pleasure.' He tried to work, but by the spring of 1730 he was experiencing severe physical and mental pains. Not... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2004 - Страниц: 600
...while he studied with great enthusiasm at fever-pitch, but he then succumbed to languor and ennui: 'I could no longer raise my Mind to that pitch, which formerly gave me such excessive Pleasure.' He endeavoured to work, but by the spring of 1730 he was experiencing marked disturbance. He grew rawboned,... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 652
...course of life for some months ; tul at last, about the beginning of September, 1729, all my ardor seemed in a moment to be extinguished, and I could...imagined there was any bodily distemper in the case, but tbst my coldness proceeded from a laziness of temper, which must be overcome by redoubling my application.... | |
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