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" ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I... "
The Dunciad, in four books - Page 184
by Alexander Pope - 1770
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Elegant Epistles: Or, A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters,

Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...emptintfs of all forts of ambition, and the unlatisfaclory nature of all human pleafures. When a fmarc fit of ficknefs tells me this fcurvy tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am even as unconcerned as was that honeft Hibernian, who being in bed in the great ftorm fome years ago,...
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Evidences of the Christian religion. To which are added, discourses against ...

Joseph Addison - 1796 - 210 pages
...of all forts of ambition, and the unfaiil• factory nature of all human pleafures. « When a finart fit of ficknefs tells me this fcurvy ' tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am, ' even as unconcerned as was that honeft Hibernian, who ' (being in bed in the great ftorm fome years...
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1797 - 550 pages
...forts of ambition, and the unfatisfactory nature of all human pleafures. ' When a fmart fit of fickncfs tells me this fcurvy tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am even as unconcerned as was that honeft Hibernian, who (being in bed in the great ftorm fome years ago,...
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The Evidences of the Christian Religion: To which are Added Several ...

Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1801 - 402 pages
...people end, with a full conviction of the ' emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and ' the unfatisfactory nature of all human ' pleafures. ' When a fmart fit...tenement of my body will ' fall in a little time, I am even as uncon' cerned as was that honeft Hibernian, ' who (being in bed in the great ftorm ' fome years...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Verse and Prose, Volume 7

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 486 pages
...people end, with a full conviction of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and the unfatisfa&ory nature of all human pleafures. When a fmart fit of...of my body will fall in a little time, I am e'en as unconcerned as was that honefl Hibernian, who being in bed in the great florm fome years ago, and told...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 7

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 490 pages
...people end, with a full convich'on of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and the unfatisfactory nature of all human pleafures. When a fmart fit of...of my body will fall in a little time, I am e'en as unconcerned as was that honeft Hibernian, who being in bed in the great florin fome years ago, and...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 7

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 502 pages
...emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and the unfatisfa&ory nature of all human pleafures. When a finart fit of ficknefs tells me this fcurvy tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am e'en as unconcerned as was that honeft Hibernian, who being in bed in the great ftorm fome years ago, and told...
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The school of action; a comedy

Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 pages
...the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures. When a smart fit of sickness tells me this scurvy tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am e'en as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who, being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pages
...the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures. When a smart fit of sickness tells me this scurvy tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am e'en as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm somp years ago, and told...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 pages
...the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures. When a smart fit of sickness tells me this empty tenement of my body will fall in a little time, I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago,...
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