 | Sketches - 1799 - 204 pages
...I," he writes in reply, " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, — shall...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? Admitting it as a certainty that I obtain both,- what stock shall I add to my little fund of happiness... | |
 | 1827 - 640 pages
...Shall I," replied Jenner. " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley, and not the mountain ; shall...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness... | |
 | 1833 - 600 pages
...is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered patbs of life, — the valley, and not the mountain ; —...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness?... | |
 | 1833 - 646 pages
...is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, — the valley, and not the mountain; — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, bold mysrif upas an object for fortune and for fame T Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both,... | |
 | 1839 - 1004 pages
...a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain — shall...fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which... | |
 | 1839 - 526 pages
...a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain — shall...fortune and for fame? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pages
...a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain — shall...fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pages
...friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the Talley and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is...fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to gratify my wishes." Till the last day of his life, which... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 pages
...a letter to a friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is last approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...a letter to a friend, "who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, — shall...fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to gratify my wishes." Till the last day of his life, which... | |
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Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame... 
