 Of any passion, thus innate and irresistible, the existence may reasonably be doubted. Human characters are by no means constant; men change by change of place, of fortune, of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover...  Macmillan's Magazine - Сторінка 4891883Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1902 - 750 стор.
...& Tenn.) Memphis, November 20, 1901. VOL. XXII— 5 57 of science, Dr. Sam'l Johnson said : " Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often obtained upon easier terms." Gynecology as a specialty has existed only in the last quarter of the... | |
 | 1902 - 692 стор.
...& Tenn.) Memphis, November 20, 1901. VOL. XXII— 5 57 of science, Dr. Sam'l Johnson said : " Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence ia not often obtained upon easier terms." Gynecology as a specialty has existed only in the last quarter... | |
 | 1903 - 602 стор.
...any intellect, even though it be transcendently above the average. Dr. Samuel Johnson said, "Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit, for excellence is not often obtained upon easier terms." Gynecology as a specialty has existed only a little over a quarter of... | |
 | 1903 - 596 стор.
...any intellect, even though it be transcendently above the average. Dr. Samuel Johnson said, "Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit, for excellence is not often obtained upon easier terms." Gynecology as a specialty has existed only a little over a quarter of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1884 - 892 стор.
..." favorite theory of the ruling passion, by which he means an original direction °f desire losóme object." The existence of any such passion, thus innate...in one Pursuit, for excellence is not often gained u pon easier terms. But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, 11 ot by an ascendant... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 666 стор.
...acquaintance; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. It must be at least allowed that this ruling Passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - 1928 - 1452 стор.
...acquaintance; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure, is at another a lover of money. Those indeed beyond death and the grave." Force and fineness of...understanding are often spoken of as something different It must at least be allowed, that this ruling passion, antecedent to reason and observation, must have... | |
 | Sir William Osler - 2001 - 416 стор.
...upon the trifling circumstances by which men's lives are influenced, 'not by an ascendant planet, a predominating humour, but by the first book which they read, some early conversation which they have heard, or some accident which excited ardour and enthusiasm.'15 This was my 10. Plutarch, Moralia:... | |
 | Gregory Claeys - 2005 - 472 стор.
...Gray's186 famous Elegy is a running commentary upon it. Johnson187 enforced it in part, when he said - "To particular species of excellence men are directed,...some accident which excited ardour and emulation." Wilberforce188 confessed that unfavourable circumstances had converted the gentle Nero189 into the... | |
 | Helga Schwalm - 2007 - 422 стор.
...acquaintance; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure is at another a lover of money. Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one...some accident which excited ardour and emulation. [...] No man therefore can be born, in the strict acceptation, a lover of money, for he may be born... | |
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