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... lefs expo- fed to calamities . This univerfal difcontent has been generally mentioned with great feverity of cenfure , as un- reasonable in itself , fince of two , equally envious of each other , both cannot have the larger fhare of ...
... lefs expo- fed to calamities . This univerfal difcontent has been generally mentioned with great feverity of cenfure , as un- reasonable in itself , fince of two , equally envious of each other , both cannot have the larger fhare of ...
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... lefs tender as they advance in age . He who , when life was new , melted at the lofs of every companion , can look in time , without concern , upon the grave into which his laft friend was thrown , and into which himself is ready to ...
... lefs tender as they advance in age . He who , when life was new , melted at the lofs of every companion , can look in time , without concern , upon the grave into which his laft friend was thrown , and into which himself is ready to ...
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Samuel Johnson. hat if his chamber was lefs , he fhould never wake without thinking of a prifon . To Eucretas , a man of birth equal to himself , but of much lefs eftate , he fhewed his fervices of plate , and remarked that fuch things ...
Samuel Johnson. hat if his chamber was lefs , he fhould never wake without thinking of a prifon . To Eucretas , a man of birth equal to himself , but of much lefs eftate , he fhewed his fervices of plate , and remarked that fuch things ...
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A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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affiftance againſt amufements becauſe buſineſs caufe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defign defire diſcover eafily eafy eaſe endeavour equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecond fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuperiority furely fyllables greateſt happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent purchaſe purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft reſt rife ſhe ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh