 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 530 pages
...The Turk is deicribed, foftly reclined under their lhade, flunking his pipe, thoughtlefs and happy. Ignorance and folly, no doubt, have their enjoyments, as well as wit and knowledge ; but I confefs I cannot envy the repofe of a ilave, nor call the apathy of an automaton... | |
 | Constantin-François Volney - Egypt - 1788 - 454 pages
...defolation. In vain do they defcribe the Turk foftly fcr pofing under their made, and happy in fmoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance and folly,...dignify infenfibility with the name of happinefs. I mould not even have been able to conceive from whence could proceed the enthufiafm with which fome... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 410 pages
...desolation. In vain do they describe the Turk softly reposing under their shade, and happy in smoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance and folly,...well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the repose of slaves, or to dignify insensibility with the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1807 - 410 pages
...describe the Turk softly reposing under their shade, and happy in Smoking his pipe •without reflexion. Ignorance and folly, no doubt, have their enjoyments,...well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the re;xwe of slaves, or to dignify insensihility with the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 714 pages
...desolation. In vain tlo they describe the Turk softly reposing under their shade, and happy in smoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance and folly,...well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the repose of slaves, or to dignify insensibility with the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 756 pages
...reflection. Ignorance and folly, no doubt, have 508 GRAXDPRE — LUCAS — TOURNEFORT — KNOLLES. their enjoyments, as well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the repose of slaves, or to dignify insensibility with the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1876 - 716 pages
...softly reposing under their shade, and happy in smoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance aud folly, no doubt, have their enjoyments, as well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the repose of »laves, or to dignify insensibility with... | |
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In vain tlo they describe the Turk softly reposing under their shade, and happy in smoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance and folly, no doubt, have their enjoyments, as well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring... 