The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 5T. Longman, 1796 - 443 pages |
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... pass all their magnificence . Upon plans of elegance and schemes of pleasure the day rofe and fet , and the year went round un- regarded , while we were bufied in laying out planta- tions on ground not yet our own , and deliberating ...
... pass all their magnificence . Upon plans of elegance and schemes of pleasure the day rofe and fet , and the year went round un- regarded , while we were bufied in laying out planta- tions on ground not yet our own , and deliberating ...
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... passes his life are more corrupted by his practice than enlight- ened by his ideas . Admiration begins where ac- quaintance ceases ; and his favourers are diftant , but his enemies at hand . Yet many have dared to boast of neglected ...
... passes his life are more corrupted by his practice than enlight- ened by his ideas . Admiration begins where ac- quaintance ceases ; and his favourers are diftant , but his enemies at hand . Yet many have dared to boast of neglected ...
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... pass an hour in honeft con- verfation , without being able , when we rife from it , to please ourselves with having given or received fome advantages ; but a man may fhuffle cards , or rattle dice , from noon to midnight , without ...
... pass an hour in honeft con- verfation , without being able , when we rife from it , to please ourselves with having given or received fome advantages ; but a man may fhuffle cards , or rattle dice , from noon to midnight , without ...
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... pass their lives among books , very few read to be made wiser or better , apply any ge- neral reproof of vice to themselves , or try their own manners by axioms of juftice . They purpose either to confume those hours for which they can ...
... pass their lives among books , very few read to be made wiser or better , apply any ge- neral reproof of vice to themselves , or try their own manners by axioms of juftice . They purpose either to confume those hours for which they can ...
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... pass in trifles . It is beyond the powers of humanity to spend a whole life in profound ftudy and intense meditation , and the most rigorous ex- acters of induftry and seriousness have appointed hours for relaxation and amusement . It ...
... pass in trifles . It is beyond the powers of humanity to spend a whole life in profound ftudy and intense meditation , and the most rigorous ex- acters of induftry and seriousness have appointed hours for relaxation and amusement . It ...
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accuſtomed affiftance againſt amuſements beauty becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confefs confidered converfation curiofity defire delight diſcover eafily eaſe endeavoured equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fame faſhion fatisfaction favour fcarcely fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon fortune fpecies ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority furely fyllables happineſs herſelf himſelf hope houſe imagination inclined increaſe intereft kindneſs knowledge labour ladies laft laſt learning leaſt lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage paffed paffions paſs pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preferve publick puniſhment purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft ſcarcely ſeems ſhe ſmall ſome ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh