The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... pleasure in walking about Derby , such as I always have in walking about any town to which I am not accustomed . There is an immediate sensation of novelty ; and one speculates on the way in which life is passed in it , which , although ...
... pleasure in walking about Derby , such as I always have in walking about any town to which I am not accustomed . There is an immediate sensation of novelty ; and one speculates on the way in which life is passed in it , which , although ...
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... pleasures of life , because life is uncertain and short ; but to consider such indifference as a failure of reason , a morbidness of mind ; for happiness should be cultivated as much as we can , and the objects which are instrumental to ...
... pleasures of life , because life is uncertain and short ; but to consider such indifference as a failure of reason , a morbidness of mind ; for happiness should be cultivated as much as we can , and the objects which are instrumental to ...
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... pleasure which I was unwilling to give up . " Why , sir ( said he ) , there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life ; but it may be necessary . " He however owned , that in his opinion a free use of wine did ...
... pleasure which I was unwilling to give up . " Why , sir ( said he ) , there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life ; but it may be necessary . " He however owned , that in his opinion a free use of wine did ...
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... pleasure retract it ; and I desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that , " The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the ' Biographia Britannica , ' are ...
... pleasure retract it ; and I desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that , " The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the ' Biographia Britannica , ' are ...
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... pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain . Employment , sir , and hard- ships , prevent melancholy . I suppose in all our army in America there was not one man who went mad . " 2 We entered seriously upon a question of ...
... pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain . Employment , sir , and hard- ships , prevent melancholy . I suppose in all our army in America there was not one man who went mad . " 2 We entered seriously upon a question of ...
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