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" It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain. "
Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 6
1851
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...his wavering * Hand unto the Animofity of that Attempt. « It is the heavieft Stone that Melancholy can * throw at a Man, to tell him he is at the End...there is no further State to come, * unto which this feemsprogreflional, and otherwife * made in vain : Without this Accomplifhment, the * natural Expectation...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces. ...

1774 - 390 pages
...*:Hand unto the Animofity of that Attempt. •'.'••••It is the heavicft Stone that Melancholy can •' throw at a Man, to tell him he is at the End of his 'f.lNature; or that there is no further State to com?, ~? '.unto which this feerns progrefTional, and...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...his wavering hand unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft flone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. by T ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...his wavering hand unt.o " the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end...seems progressional, " and otherwise made in vain: without this ac" complishment, the natural expectation and de" sire of such a state were but a fallacy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 pages
...animosity of that attempt. ' . 'i '•'•: ' •'i' . . " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy cart throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his natnre; or that there is no fnrther state to. come, nnto which this seems progressional, and otherwise...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...confirming his wavering hand unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of...this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain: without this accomplishment, the natural expectation and desire of such a state were but a fallacy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...his waver" ing hand unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end...which this seems progressional, and otherwise " made " made in vain : without this accomplishment, the ce natural expectation and desire of such a state...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell hiui he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems professional, and otherwise made in vain." But of sucli a conspiracy and a-sault against the best hope«...
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