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" THE love of Retirement has, in all ages, adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed every thing generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it in the shades of... "
Cicero's Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ... - Page 206
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 343 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

1803 - 322 pages
...holy rest : Fromthee, great God, we spring; to thee we tend ; Path, motive, guide, original, and end. THE love of Retirement has in all ages adhered closely...considered it as their chief interest- to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we ten Path, motive, guide, original, and end. THE love of RETIREMENT has, in all ages, adhered closely...considered it as their chief interest to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease, or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 1

1806 - 348 pages
...holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we ten Path, motive, guide, original, and end. THE love of RETIREMENT has, in all ages, adhered closely...who enjoyed every thing generally supposed to confer happinessj have been forced to *eek it in the shades of privacy. Though they possessed both power and...
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The British Essayists;: Rambler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...rest; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. •" THE love of RETIREMENT has, in all ages, adhered closely...considered it as their chief interest to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The British Essayists, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...rest; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. larged by knowledge or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed...considered it as their chief interest to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The Rambler, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. THE love of retirement has, in all ages, adhered,...considered it as their chief interest / to remove from them every thing that might offend / their ease or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon ^• felt the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. 'TpHE love of RETIREMENT has, in all ages, adhered closely...considered it as their chief interest to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease, or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]. [Another], Volume 1

1810 - 464 pages
...holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, i Path, motive, guide, original, and end. love of RETIREMENT has, in all ages, adhered closely...considered it as their chief interest to remove from them every thing that might offend their ease, or interrupt their pleasure, they have soon felt the languors...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...HE love of Retirement has, in all ages, adhered closely to these minds, which have been most enlarge by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed...happiness, have been forced to seek it in the shades of privar cy. Though they possessed both power and riches, and were, therefore, surrounded by men who...
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Works, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. A HE love of Retirement has, in all ages, adhered closely...enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who en. joyed every thing generally supposed to confer happiness, have been forced to seek it in the shades...
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