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Page ix
... desire had been for some time past , and did even now vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to for- sake this world for ever . " This desire , of which Johnson speaks far too severely , saying ...
... desire had been for some time past , and did even now vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to for- sake this world for ever . " This desire , of which Johnson speaks far too severely , saying ...
Page xi
... desire of retire- ment now came again upon him . " Johnson even finds fault with Anthony Wood ( calling him the morose Wood ) for the mild reproval expressed in this true sen- tence , " Not finding that preferment conferred upon him 2 ...
... desire of retire- ment now came again upon him . " Johnson even finds fault with Anthony Wood ( calling him the morose Wood ) for the mild reproval expressed in this true sen- tence , " Not finding that preferment conferred upon him 2 ...
Page 10
... desire to know why the honest inn - keeper , who provides a public table for his profit , should be but of a mean profession ; and he , who does it for his honour , a munificent prince . You will say , because one sells , and the other ...
... desire to know why the honest inn - keeper , who provides a public table for his profit , should be but of a mean profession ; and he , who does it for his honour , a munificent prince . You will say , because one sells , and the other ...
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... desire of in- creasing it by the care of many relations ; and with so much knowledge and love of piety and philosophy ( that is , of the study of God's laws , and of his creatures ) as may afford him matter enough never to be idle ...
... desire of in- creasing it by the care of many relations ; and with so much knowledge and love of piety and philosophy ( that is , of the study of God's laws , and of his creatures ) as may afford him matter enough never to be idle ...
Page 43
... desire he would consider , that as soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder . It is for this reason , I suppose , that Ecclesiasticus forbids us to hate husbandry ; because ( says he ) the Most High has created ...
... desire he would consider , that as soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder . It is for this reason , I suppose , that Ecclesiasticus forbids us to hate husbandry ; because ( says he ) the Most High has created ...
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Page 122 - The Wish Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the soonest cloy; And they, methinks, deserve my pity Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 119 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave.
Page 118 - T is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself ;* it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me from being scandalous, or remarkable on the defective side.
Page 121 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there.
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Page 77 - If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat With any wish so mean as to be great; Continue, Heaven, still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love.