I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many... The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs - Page 216edited by - 1839Full view - About this book
| Robert Burton - 1800 - 616 pages
...idlenesse the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pitty all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happinesse." I am not... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall - Periodicals - 1807 - 386 pages
...idleness, the mother of ignorance and melancholy herself; and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men, that know not this happiness/ THE preceding... | |
| Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1821 - 612 pages
...Idlenesse the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy her self; and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that 1 pitty all our great ones, and rich men, that know not this happinessc. I am not... | |
| Robert Burton - 1821 - 614 pages
...Idlenesse the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy her self; and, in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pitty all our great ones, and rich men, that know not this happinesse. I am not... | |
| John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...idleness, the mother of ignorance, and melancholy herself; and, in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and ' sweet content, that I pity all those rich and great men who are unacquainted with this happiness."... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 342 pages
...whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit, and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones and rich men, that know not this happiness." Such is... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance and Melancholy. In the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit, and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones and rich men, that know not this happiness." Such is... | |
| Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1824 - 374 pages
...Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself ; and, in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all those rich and great men who are unacquainted with this happiness."... | |
| 1827 - 996 pages
...idleness, the mother of ignorance and melancholy herself ; and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones and rich men, that know not this happiness.'* DR. RADCLIFFE.... | |
| 1831 - 596 pages
...is the mother of ignorance, and melancholy herself; and here, in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit, and snch sweet .content, that I pity all our great ones aad rich men, that know not this happiness." —... | |
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