The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 25 |
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... success ; for , if we except Calphurnius , an obscure author of the lower ages , I know not that a single pastoral was written after him by any poet , till the revival of literature . But though his general merit has been univer- sally ...
... success ; for , if we except Calphurnius , an obscure author of the lower ages , I know not that a single pastoral was written after him by any poet , till the revival of literature . But though his general merit has been univer- sally ...
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... success : for this reason it is absurd to dread business , upon pretence that it will leave few intervals to pleasure . Business is that by which in- dustry pursues its purpose , and the purpose of in- dustry is seldom disappointed : he ...
... success : for this reason it is absurd to dread business , upon pretence that it will leave few intervals to pleasure . Business is that by which in- dustry pursues its purpose , and the purpose of in- dustry is seldom disappointed : he ...
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... success , and , therefore , cannot enjoy the pleasure which arises from the anticipation of its accomplish- ment ; his mind is perpetually on the rack ; he is anxious in proportion to the eagerness of his desire , and his inability to ...
... success , and , therefore , cannot enjoy the pleasure which arises from the anticipation of its accomplish- ment ; his mind is perpetually on the rack ; he is anxious in proportion to the eagerness of his desire , and his inability to ...
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... success , or he will be reduced to his original indigence by the loss of that which he knew not how to enjoy : if this happens , of which there is the highest degree of probability , he will instantly become more wretched in pro ...
... success , or he will be reduced to his original indigence by the loss of that which he knew not how to enjoy : if this happens , of which there is the highest degree of probability , he will instantly become more wretched in pro ...
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... success of his ticket . In this disposition Ned was sitting one morning in the corner of a bench by his fire - side , wholly abstracted in the contemplation of his future for- tune ; indulging this moment the hope of a mere possibility ...
... success of his ticket . In this disposition Ned was sitting one morning in the corner of a bench by his fire - side , wholly abstracted in the contemplation of his future for- tune ; indulging this moment the hope of a mere possibility ...
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