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 progressional, and otherwise made in vain. Southey's Common-place Book - Página 273por Robert Southey - 1849Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1909 - 888 páginas
...novelty in the known which it is one of the chief distinctions of genius to apprehend and convey. It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man to tell him he is at the end of his nature. . . . Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne, Samuel Johnson - 248 páginas
...animofity of that attempt. "!T is the heavieft ftone that melancholy "can throw at man, to tell him he is at the "end of his nature; or that there is no further "ftate to come, unto which this feems pro"greflional, and otherwife made in vain: "without this accomplishment,... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 348 páginas
...animosity of that attempt. 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 farther state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain. Without this... | |
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