 If the changes that we fear be thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce -with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we palliate what we cannot cure.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Página 64por Samuel Johnson - 1801Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 páginas
...irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? It remains that we retard what we cannot...have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 páginas
...irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other 15 insurmountable distresses of humanity? It remains that we retard what we cannot...governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration ; we 20 have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. { In hope of... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 páginas
...irresistible, what remains' but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? It remains that we retard what we cannot...have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, — let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 páginas
...irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? It remains that we retard what we cannot...have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, — let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 páginas
...irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity? It remains that we retard what we cannot...a natural tendency to degeneration ; we have long preserved our constitution, — let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | George Wyndham - 1915 - 590 páginas
...thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in other insurmountable distresses of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we palliate what we cannot cure.' But I go further — being now on the upward track — and say once more, that the Empire is a new... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 256 páginas
...admiration I reproduce it here : — "Life may be lengthened by care, though death cannot ultimately be defeated: tongues, like governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration : we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. "In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 páginas
...admiration but with reverence : " Life may be lengthened by care, though death cannot ultimately be defeated : tongues, like governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration : we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. " In hope of giving longevity... | |
 | George Wyndham, John William Mackail, Guy Percy Wyndham - 1925 - 458 páginas
...thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in other insurmountable distresses of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we palliate what we cannot cure.' But I go further — being now on the upward track — and say once more, that the Empire is a new... | |
 | Library Association - 1926 - 436 páginas
...irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot...death cannot be ultimately defeated ; tongues, like govern* Lives of the Poets, \. 18. ments, have a natural tendency to degeneration ; we have long preserved... | |
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