| Laurence Sterne - 1839 - 192 halaman
...gross to sleep." I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren, and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will...said I, clapping my hands cheerly together, " that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections : If I could not do... | |
| Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 halaman
...name for Dan. " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry ' 'Tis all barren' — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." — SentimentalJourney. DANE-GELD, OR DANEGELT. This was a tribute formerly paid to the Danes, arising... | |
| 1878 - 300 halaman
...George Eliot. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, "'Tis all barren !" And so it is, and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers.— Sternf. The first wealth is health. Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve... | |
| Throne Crick - 1847 - 298 halaman
...gross to sleep. — I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren. Yet so it is. And so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers." I have had the pleasure of coming in contact, and dining, to-day with a gentleman... | |
| H. Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 248 halaman
...other district. " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, ' 'Tis all barren.' And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." Literary Coincidences. " Like angel-visits, few and far between." Pleasures of Hope. — "its visits,... | |
| George Preston White - 1849 - 208 halaman
...Ireland. — Inglis. " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry 'Tis all barren; and so it is,— and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. — Sternc'B Sentimental Journey. BY GEORGE PRESTON WHITE. WH SMITH & SON, 136, STRAND. ;•;;..•... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 halaman
...gross to sleep. 1 pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, "Tis all barren— And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will...fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections—If... | |
| Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 halaman
...for Dan. " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ' 'Tie all barren ' — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers." — Sentimental Journey. DANCING. The dance to the measure of time was invented by... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 halaman
...gross to sleep. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, "Tis all barren — And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will...not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said 1, clapping my hands cheerily together, that were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 halaman
...OBSERVATION. — I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. — Sterne. OBSTINATE, THE. — An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him ; for when... | |
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