 | 1789 - 428 pages
...the lofs of a farm: " Why," faid he, «« I have '* three farms ftill, and you have but one; fo ** that I ought rather to be afflicted for you *' than you for me." On the contrary, foolifh men are more apt to confider what they have loft than what they poflefs; and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...him upon the lofs of a farm : " Why," faid he, 41 I have three farms ftill, and you have but one ; fo that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me." On the contrary, foolifli men are more apt to confider what they have loft, than what they pofsefs... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 320 pages
...more than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : ' Why,' said he, ' I...ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me.' On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess; and... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...more than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : ' Why,' said he, ' I...ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me.' On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess ;... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 342 pages
...has than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm. ' Why,' said he, ' I have three farms still, ancl you have but one ; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me.' On the contrary,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...has than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one Avho condoled him upon the loss of a farm : " Why, (said he,) I...rather to be afflicted for you, than you for me." On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess ;... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...more than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the J'eply which Aristippns made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : " Why," said he, " I have three farms still, and you have hut one ; so that I ought rather to he afflicted for yon, than yon for me." On the contrary, foolish... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 370 pages
...more than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus1 made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm ; ' Why,' said he, ' I...ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me." On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess ;... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 304 pages
...has than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : " Why (said he), I have three farms still, and you have but »ne ; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me." On the contrary, foolish men... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...more than he wants. I am wonderfully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him" upon the loss of a farm ; ' Why, (said he,) I...rather to be afflicted for you, than you for me.' On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost, than what they possess :... | |
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I have three farms still, and you have but one; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me. 
