 ... this idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time even in solitude is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention : neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 442by Dugald Stewart - 1792 - 1687 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler - 1749 - 536 pages
...with and humour, this idle way of reading and confideiing things. By this Means, Time even in Solitude is happily got rid of, without the Pain of Attention...than great Part of that which is fpent in Reading. THUS People habituate themfelves to let things pafs through their Minds, as one may fpeak, rather than... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...and humour, this idle way of reading and considering things. . By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention...Neither is any; part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, -is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1827 - 376 pages
...and humor, this idle wajp of reading and considering things. By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention...neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 480 pages
...with and humor this idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of without the pain of attention...neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...and humour, this idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time, even in solitude, is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention:...Neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1838 - 632 pages
...with and humour, this idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time even in solitude is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention...neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | 1854 - 878 pages
...and considering things which in his time prevailed," it had come to pass that " time even in solitude is happily got rid of without the pain of attention, neither is any part of it more pot to the account of idleness — one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought — than... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 406 pages
...with and humour, this idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time even in solitude is happily got rid of, without the pain of attention...neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with less thought, than great part of that which... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1845 - 642 pages
...idle way of reading and considering things. By this means, time even in solitude is happily got nd of, without the pain of attention : neither is any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can scarce forbear saying, is spent with lesWthought, than great part of that which is... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...humour, this idle way of reading ' and considering things. By this means time, even in solitude, ' is happily got rid of without the pain of attention...neither is ' any part of it more put to the account of idleness, one can ' scarce forbear saying is spent with less thought, than great part ' of that which... | |
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