 | Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 σελίδες
...much difpofed to abftracted meditation, or remote enquiries. Lite of Collins. r POVERTY AND IDLENESS. TO be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every ,man en,deaVOUKS, with his utmoft care, to hide his poverty from others, and his idlenefs from himfelf.... | |
 | 1787 - 528 σελίδες
...tobe bufy. Of thofe that ipin our life in trifles, and die without a memorial, many flatter themielves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day addin» fome improvement to hutmn life. To be idle and to be poor, have always been reproaches; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 σελίδες
...three.'appearing as they did on Sept. 29, Oct. 20, and Nov. 10, could not have been required at one time. 1 ' To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.' The Idler, No. 17. 1 Prayers... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 σελίδες
...appearing as they did on Sept. 29, Oct. 20, and Nov. 10, could not have been required at one time. ' ' To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.' The Idler, No. 17. ' Prayers... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 220 σελίδες
...be busy. Of those that spin out life in trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life. To be idle and to be poor, have always been reproaches, and therefore... | |
 | 1803 - 196 σελίδες
...be busy. Of those that spin out life in trifles, and die without a memerial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement tohuman life. To be idle and to be poor, have alwaysbeen reproaches, and therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 σελίδες
...25z. Many wen are made the poorer by opulence. Life of Sir T. Browne, p. 254, POVERTY AND IDLENESS. To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours, with his utmost care, to hide his poverty from -others, and his idleness from himself. 'Idler, vol. i, p. 93.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 σελίδες
...themselves with high opinions of their own import* ance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life. To be idle and to be poor,...reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours, with his utmost care, to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. Among those whom 1 never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 σελίδες
...be busy. Of those that spin out life in trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life. To be idle and to be poor, have always been reproaches, and therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 σελίδες
...be busy. Of those that spin out life in trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life. To be idle and to be poor, have always been reproaches, and therefore... | |
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To be idle and to be poor, have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours, with his utmost care, to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. 
