 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 strani
...License they mean, when they cry liberty, For who lovee that must firm be wise and {rood. JKtam. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, 11 the great art of life. Many wants are suffered, THE PATRIOT. 423 which might once have been supplied... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 strani
...generality of the people is nothing, if it is not known ; and very little, if it is not envied. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch...art of life. Many wants are suffered, which might have once been supplied; and much time is lost, in regretting the time that has been lost before. :... | |
 | 1813 - 1404 strani
...OKNKRAL READER. OPPORTUNITY. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that ifl within our reach, is the great art of life. Many wants are suffered, which might have once been supplied, and much time is lost in regretting the time which has been lost before. He... | |
 | 1847 - 606 strani
...steps individual distinction has been attained. The great art of life, according to Dr. Johnson, is to improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach ; yet experience shows that this is not always done, while many seem properly aware of its importance,... | |
 | 1847 - 602 strani
...steps individual distinction has heen attained. The great art of life, according to Dr. Johnson, is to improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within onr reach ; yet experience shows that this is not always done, while many seem properly aware of its... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 strani
...contrarieties of error, take each other's place by reciprocal invasion. Preface to S&akspeare. Opportunity. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch...great art of life. Many wants are suffered which might have once been supplied, and much time is lost in regretting the time which had been lost before. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 strani
...reciprocal invasion. Preface to Shahspeare. Opportunity. To improve the golden moment of opporf 4 (unity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the...great art of life. Many wants are suffered which might have once been supplied, and much time is lost in regretting the time which had been lost before. The... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 strani
...voluptuousness, as for the restitution of that which we lose without despondency or murmurs. OPPORTUNITY. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch...in regretting the time which had been lost before. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret,... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 strani
...Licence they mean, when they cry liberty, For who loves that must first be wise and good. — MlLTON. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch...before. At the end of every seven years comes the Saturnalian season, when the freemen of Great Britain may please themselves with the choice of their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 strani
...may be always made out of the books of the morning or talk of the evening. Piaai Letters, a. 290. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch...that is within our reach, is the great art Of life. Works, vi. 214. • • • 1 TAKE all opportunities of filling your mind with genuine scenes of nature... | |
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. 
