 and desire of knowledge, were what I felt all my life; and though my genius, unlike the demon of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I heard him not in the hurry of those passions with which I was transported, yet some calmer hours there were,...  Pauperism and Crime - Page 118by William Logan Fisher - 1831 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1799 - 648 pages
...intervals, and observed that if The love of study and desire of knowlege were what I felt all my life; and though my genius, unlike the daemon of Socrates, whispered...softly, that very often I heard him not in the hurry of those passions with which I was transported, yet some calmer hours there were, and in them I hearkened... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...and desire of knowledge, were what I felt all " my life ; and though my genius, unlike the datmon " of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I " heard him not in the hurry of these passions with " which I was transported, yet some calmer hours " there were, and in them I hearkened... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...ear whilst I ran the course of pleasure and business, « Solve senescentem mature sanus equum. "But my genius, unlike the daemon of Socrates, whispered...softly, that very often I heard him not in the hurry of those passions by which I was transported; some calmer hours there were, in them I hearkened to him... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 546 pages
...ambition. " The love of study," says he, " and desire of knowledge, were what *' I felt all my life; and though my genius, '* unlike the daemon of Socrates,...that very often I heard him not in " the hurry of these passions with which I ** was transported, yet some calmer hours " there were, and in them I hearkened... | |
 | Henry St. John (1st visct. Bolingbroke.) - 1809 - 504 pages
..." Solve senescentem mature sanus eqiuim." '-'•-• --, - - ; But Bat my genius, unlike the demon of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I heard him not, in the hurry of those passions by which I was transported. Some calmer hours there were: in them I hearkened to him.... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 498 pages
...pleasure and of business. *' Solve senescentem mature sanus equum," But But my genius, unlike the demon of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I heard him not, in the hurry of those passions by which I was transported. Some calmer hours there were: in them I hearkened to him.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...and desire of knowledge, were what I felt all my " life ; and though my genius, unlike the daemon u of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I " heard him not in the hurry of these passions with " which I was transported, yet some calmer hours " there were, and in them I hearkened... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount), Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1809 - 486 pages
...were what " I felt all my life ; and though my genius, " unlike the daemon of Socrates, whispered sq softly, that very often I heard him not in the hurry of these passions with which I " was transported, yet some calmer hours b 3 " there it «.£ ** there... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 492 pages
...ambition. " The love of study, says " he, and desire of knowledge, were what I fett all " my life ; and though my genius, unlike the daemon " of Socrates,...that very often I " heard him not in the hurry of these passions with " which I was transported, yet some calmer hours " there were, and in them I hearkened... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...mature sanus equum;' ' and while 'tis well, release thy aged horse.' But my genius, unlike the demon of Socrates, whispered so softly, that very often I heard him not, in the hurry of those passions with which I was transported. Some calmer hours there were; in them I hearkened to him.... | |
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