The Works of Samuel Johnson: The RamblerG. Walker, J. Akerman [etc.] J. Haddon, printer, 1820 |
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... Diligence too soon relaxed . Necessity of perseverance 358 128. Anxiety universal . The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady 364 129. The folly of cowardice and inactivity 370 130. The history of a beauty 376 131. Desire of gain the ...
... Diligence too soon relaxed . Necessity of perseverance 358 128. Anxiety universal . The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady 364 129. The folly of cowardice and inactivity 370 130. The history of a beauty 376 131. Desire of gain the ...
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... diligence . It is lamented by Hearne , the learned antiquary of Oxford , that this general forgetfulness of the fra- gility of life , has remarkably infected the students of monuments and records ; as their employment consists first in ...
... diligence . It is lamented by Hearne , the learned antiquary of Oxford , that this general forgetfulness of the fra- gility of life , has remarkably infected the students of monuments and records ; as their employment consists first in ...
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... transfer any care , which now claims our attention , to a future time ; we subject ourselves to needless dangers from accidents which early diligence would have obviated , or perplex our minds by vain pre- No. 71 . 5 THE RAMBLER .
... transfer any care , which now claims our attention , to a future time ; we subject ourselves to needless dangers from accidents which early diligence would have obviated , or perplex our minds by vain pre- No. 71 . 5 THE RAMBLER .
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... diligent civility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded circumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the moment when we congra- tulate ourselves upon having gained a friend , our endeavours are frustrated at once , and all our ...
... diligent civility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded circumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the moment when we congra- tulate ourselves upon having gained a friend , our endeavours are frustrated at once , and all our ...
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... diligence , that she has formed a principle of disapprobation , and finds in every place something to grate her mind , and disturb her quiet . If she takes the air , she is offended with the heat or cold , the glare of the sun , or the ...
... diligence , that she has formed a principle of disapprobation , and finds in every place something to grate her mind , and disturb her quiet . If she takes the air , she is offended with the heat or cold , the glare of the sun , or the ...
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