 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - 1996 - 332 trang
...intention wherever he moves, through the streets of the populous city, or the wilds of the forest. While he appears equally fitted to every condition, he is upon this account unable to settle in any. At once obstinate and fickle, he complains of innovations, and is never sated with novelty.... | |
 | Adam Ferguson - 1789 - 448 trang
...always improving on his fubject, and he carries this intention where-ever he moves, through the Streets of the populous city, or the wilds of the foreft....dwell in a cave, he would improve it into a cottage ; if he has already built, he would ftill build to a greater extent. But he does not propofc to mike... | |
 | James Buchan - 2009 - 468 trang
...intention where-ever he moves, through the streets of the populous city, or the wilds of the forest. While he appears equally fitted to every condition, he is upon this account unable to settle in any. At once obstinate and fickle, he complains of innovations, and is never sated with novelty.... | |
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... being, to invent and contrive. He applies the same talents to a variety of purposes, and acts nearly the same part in very different scenes. He would be always improving on his subject, and he carries this intention wherever he moves, through the... 