 Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulf of bottomless misery, in which every...  The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]. - Sida 891801Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religi£ 5 ous I cms hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and forrows inceflantly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 372 sidor
...decaying man. He that grows old without reli- ' gious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and I feels pains and forrows inceflantly crowding upon / him, falls into a gulph of bottomless mifery, in • which every reflection muft plunge him deeper, and 1 where he finds only... | |
 | 1785 - 596 sidor
...events or aflions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recolleftedj and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...declines into imbecility, and feels pains and forrows inceflantlv crowding upon him, falls into a gufph of bottornlefs mifery, in which every reflection... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...declines into imbecility, and feels pains and forrows incefTantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomlefs mifery, in which every reflection muft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and ibrrows incefTantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomlefs mifery, in which every reflection... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...declines into imbecility, and feels pains and forrows incefiantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomlefs mifery, in which every reflection muft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 sidor
...leienity and chearfulnefs ? If it has been found by the experi»ncc of mankind, that not even the belt it can be reached only by virtue and devotion. Piety...decaying man. He that grows old without religious hop^s, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pain* and forrows inceffantly crouding upon him, falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomlefs mifery, in whichevery reflection muft plunge him deeper, and where he finds only new gradations of anguifn, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleafure are quickly recollected; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by virtue and devotion. ( decaying man, He that grows old without reli/' Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of S... | |
 | 1803 - 290 sidor
...events or actions of which the memory can afford pleasure are quickly recollected ; and the future lies beyond the grave, where it can be reached only by...as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulph of bottomless misery, in which every reflection... | |
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