| 1729 - 320 pages
...vaft Multitude, who did not difcover what he thought Pleafures and Bleffings of Life; and wonder'd how the Owners of them ever came to look upon them as Burthens and Grievances. AS we were regarding very attentively this Confufion of Miferies, this Chaos... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1794 - 498 pages
...was,fcarce a mortal, in this yaft multitude, who did not difcover what he thought pleafures and bleflings of life; and wondered how the owners of them ever came to look upon them as burdens and grievances. , ; ;>j. |; • _ • i' •• - As we were regarding very attentively this confufion of ^miferies,... | |
| English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...mountain of miseries , which was made up of those several calamities that afflict the minds of men. I saw , with unspeakable pleasure , the whole species...of life , and wondered how the owners of them ever Ii6 THE EKGLISH INSTRTTCTOK. came to look upon them as burdens and grievances. As we were regarding... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...that, mountain of miseries which was made up uf those several calamities that afflict the minds of men. I saw with unspeakable pleasure the whole species...though at the same time, as we stood round the heap, auid surveyed the several materials of which it was composed, there was scarcely a mortal in this vast... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...the heap, and surveyed the several materials materials of which it was composed, there was scarce! v a mortal, in this vast multitude, who did not discover what he thought pleasures and blessings of life, ar.ci wondered how the owners of them ever came to look Upon them as burthens and grievances. As we... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...that mountain of miseries which was made up of those several calamities that afflict the minds of men. I saw with unspeakable pleasure the whole species...Several materials of which it was composed, there was scarcely a mortal in this vast multitude, who did not discover what he thought pleasures of life, and... | |
| 1808 - 306 pages
...heing now hrought in, every man was at liherty to exchange his misfortunes for those of another person. As we stood round the heap, and surveyed the several materials of which it was composed, there \raB scarce a mortal in this vast multitude, who did not . ' 198 MEN BLIND TO THEIR HAPPINESS, cover... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 304 pages
...that mountain of miseries which was made up of those several calamities that afflict the minds of men. I saw, with unspeakable pleasure, the whole species...from its sorrows : though at the same time, as we slood round the heap, and surveyed the several materials of which it was composed, there was scarcely... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 272 pages
...stood round the heap, and surveyed the several materials of which it was composed, there was scarcely a mortal in this vast multitude, who did not discover what he thought pleasures of life, and wondered how the owners of them ever came to look upon them as burdens and grievances.... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 522 pages
...mountain of miseries, which was made up of those several calamities that afflict the minds of men. I saw. with unspeakable pleasure, the whole species...the owners of them ever came to look upon them as burthens and grievances. As we were regarding very attentively this confusion of miseries, this chaos... | |
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