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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...when none are wretched, but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle, than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law, with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...none are wrenched but by. their own fault. Nothing is rnbre idle, than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every art is originally impressed ; which is not written on...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature bus kindly placed within our reach. The way to be happy,...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed ; which is not written...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...when none are wretched, but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle, than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The way to be happy is to lire according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law, with which every heart...
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Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie

Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 pages
...moment est depuis long-temps venu où personne n'est malheureux que par sa inquire after happiness , which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature , in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written...
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The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. With a complete vocabulary ...

Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 pages
...when none are wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...when none are wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle, than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written...
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Rasselas

Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 118 pages
...when none arc wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. *The way to be happy, is to livB^ according to nature,] in 'obedience to that umversal and unalterable law wrth^hich every heart...
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Materials and Models for Latin Prose Composition

John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - Latin language - 1875 - 416 pages
...when none are wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The...to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law, with which every heart is originally impressed, which is not written...
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The History of Rasselas. And Elizabeth

Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 pages
...when none are wretched but by their own fault. Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our. reach....to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written...
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