 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - 424 strani
...blifs. They teach the youthful mind to figh after beauty and happinefs which never exifled ; to defpife the little good which fortune has mixed in our cup, by expecting more than fhe ever gave ; and in general, . take the word of a man who has feen the world, and has fludied human... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1805 - 432 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. Howdelusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss 1 They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept ; take my word for it, I say, that such books... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive, are those pictures of consummate bliss! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept ; take my word for it, I say, that books teach... | |
 | 1809 - 612 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...existed ; to despise the little good which fortune lias mixed in our cup< by expecting more than she ever gave ; and, in general, take the word ota man... | |
 | John Witherspoon - 1817 - 92 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive, are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept, take my word for it, I say, that such books... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept ; take my word for it, I say, that books teach... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 strani
...how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! They teach the youthful mind to sigh afler beauty and happiness which never existed ; to despise...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept; take my word for it, I say, that books teach... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1836 - 572 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept — take my word for it, I say, that books... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept — take my word for it, I say, that books... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 strani
...happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty...take the word of a man who has seen the world, and has studied human nature more by experience than precept—take my word for it, I say, that books teach... | |
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Above all things, let him never touch a romance or novel ; these paint beauty in colours more charming than nature, and describe happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful... 
