The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... performed ; but if before my ar- rival the sun happened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her in the garden , bustling and vigilant , with all the tokens of long life . Sometimes , however , she ...
... performed ; but if before my ar- rival the sun happened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her in the garden , bustling and vigilant , with all the tokens of long life . Sometimes , however , she ...
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... performing . Yet since no man has power of acting equal to that of thinking , I know not whe- ther the speculatist may not sometimes incur cen- sures too severe , and by those who form ideas of his life from their knowledge of his books ...
... performing . Yet since no man has power of acting equal to that of thinking , I know not whe- ther the speculatist may not sometimes incur cen- sures too severe , and by those who form ideas of his life from their knowledge of his books ...
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... perform , to flatter ambition with prospects of promotion , and misery with hopes of relief , to sooth pride with appearances of sub- mission , and appease enmity by blandishments and bribes , can surely imply nothing more or greater ...
... perform , to flatter ambition with prospects of promotion , and misery with hopes of relief , to sooth pride with appearances of sub- mission , and appease enmity by blandishments and bribes , can surely imply nothing more or greater ...
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... performed as there is opportunity or need : for upon practice , not upon opinion , depends the happiness of mankind ; and controversies , merely speculative , are of small importance in themselves , however they may have sometimes ...
... performed as there is opportunity or need : for upon practice , not upon opinion , depends the happiness of mankind ; and controversies , merely speculative , are of small importance in themselves , however they may have sometimes ...
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... may be certain , that , if he were to exchange condi- tions with his dependent , he should expect more than , with the utmost exertion of his ardour , he now will prevail upon himself to perform ; and when N ° 81 . 63 THE RAMBLER .
... may be certain , that , if he were to exchange condi- tions with his dependent , he should expect more than , with the utmost exertion of his ardour , he now will prevail upon himself to perform ; and when N ° 81 . 63 THE RAMBLER .
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