It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity... Diamond Dust - Page 116by Eliza Cook - 1865 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pages
...aside all ornaments and disguises, as in privacy they unflatteringly become useless incum» brances. Smiles and embroidery are alik.e occasional ; and...dressed for show in painted honour, and fictitious felicity. G m But But to approach still nearer. Disease, it may be said, generally begins that equality,... | |
| 1832 - 852 pages
...purest pleasures in domestic life. Emphatic truth commends the observation of a distinguished writer, ' It is at home, that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtues or his felicity.' And in his hours of relaxation, — his robes of office laid aside, and his... | |
| 1803 - 290 pages
...every enterprise and labour tertds, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who...show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence. Every man must have found some whose lives, in every house but their own, was a continual series of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is indeed at home thai every man must be known, by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or feJicity; for smiles and embroidery are .alike oo casional, and the mind is often dressed for show... | |
| 1806 - 346 pages
...suppressed; in these they have the reward of their toils, and to these at last they retire. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who...show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence. The great end of prudence is, to give cheerfulness to those hours, which splendour cannot gild, and... | |
| 1810 - 464 pages
...every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man .must be known by those who...estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and cmbroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour and fictitious... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must bfe known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and cmbroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often . dressed for show in painted honour and fictitious... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who...show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence. Every man must have found some whose lives, in every house but their own, w ere acontinual series of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 pages
...every tiesire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by ihose who would make a just estimate either of his virtue...show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence. Every man must have found some whose lives, in every house but their own, was a continual series of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts ih,: prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who...show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence. Every man most have found some whose lives, in every house but their own, was a continual series of... | |
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