 | Sketches - 1799 - 204 strani
...him to leave Gloucestershire. " Shall I," he writes in reply, " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? Admitting it as a certainty that I obtain both,- what stock shall I add to my little fund of happiness... | |
 | 1827 - 640 strani
...be the result of your practice." " Shall I," replied Jenner. " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness... | |
 | 1833 - 600 strani
...is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered patbs of life, — the valley, and not the mountain ; —...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness?... | |
 | 1833 - 646 strani
...recommendation, the following passage is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, —...mountain; — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, bold mysrif upas an object for fortune and for fame T Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both,... | |
 | 1861 - 610 strani
...and not ambition, actuated all his labours, and he clung with affection to hia native town, loving the lowly and sequestered paths of life — the valley, and not the mountains : with wishes easily satisfied, he did not wish to hold himself up as an object for fortune... | |
 | 1839 - 1004 strani
...London signed a declaration of their entire confidence in it. An attempt was then made to deprive Jenner of the merit of his discovery, but it signally failed,...gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which terminated suddenly m 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages of... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 strani
...London signed a declaration of their entire confidence in it. An attempt was then made to deprive Jenner of the merit of his discovery, but it signally failed,...and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is last approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows... | |
 | 1839 - 518 strani
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the motive which actuated all his labours. ' Shall I,' lie says in a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning...gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which terminated suddenly in J823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages... | |
 | 1839 - 518 strani
...friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the Talley and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is...gratify my wishes." Till the last day of his life, which terminated suddenly in 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 strani
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the | motive which actuated his labors. " Shall I," said he in a letter to a friend, "who, even in the morning...gratify my wishes." Till the last day of his life, which terminated suddenly in 1S23, he was occupied in the most anxious labors to diffuse the advantages of... | |
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Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame... 
