The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... reason for writing 4 Charities and Hospitals 5 Proposals for a female army 6 Lady's performance on horseback 7 Scheme for news - writers 8 Plan of military discipline 9 Progress of idleness 10 Political credulity 11 Discourses on the ...
... reason for writing 4 Charities and Hospitals 5 Proposals for a female army 6 Lady's performance on horseback 7 Scheme for news - writers 8 Plan of military discipline 9 Progress of idleness 10 Political credulity 11 Discourses on the ...
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... reason as a quality of which many creatures partake . He has been termed likewise a laughing animal ; but it is said that some men have never laughed . Perhaps man may be more properly distinguished as an idle animal ; for there is no ...
... reason as a quality of which many creatures partake . He has been termed likewise a laughing animal ; but it is said that some men have never laughed . Perhaps man may be more properly distinguished as an idle animal ; for there is no ...
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... wishes to see clouds gathering over any reputation that dazzles him with its brightness , will snatch up the Idler's essays with B 2 No 1 . 3 THE IDLER . IDLER's character 2 Invitation to correspondents 3 Idler's reason for writing.
... wishes to see clouds gathering over any reputation that dazzles him with its brightness , will snatch up the Idler's essays with B 2 No 1 . 3 THE IDLER . IDLER's character 2 Invitation to correspondents 3 Idler's reason for writing.
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... reason to doubt but our troops will proceed with proper caution ; there are men among them who can take care of themselves . But how shall the ladies endure without them ? By what arts can they , who have long had no joy but from the ...
... reason to doubt but our troops will proceed with proper caution ; there are men among them who can take care of themselves . But how shall the ladies endure without them ? By what arts can they , who have long had no joy but from the ...
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... reason or invention can find employment for their tongues , who can raise a pleasing discourse from their own stock of sentiments and images ; and those few who have qualified themselves by specula- tion for general disquisitions are ...
... reason or invention can find employment for their tongues , who can raise a pleasing discourse from their own stock of sentiments and images ; and those few who have qualified themselves by specula- tion for general disquisitions are ...
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