The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... crowds and noise of the great city , know that their desire to return is little more than the rest- lessness of a vacant mind , that they are not so much led by hope as driven by disgust , and wish rather to leave the country than to ...
... crowds and noise of the great city , know that their desire to return is little more than the rest- lessness of a vacant mind , that they are not so much led by hope as driven by disgust , and wish rather to leave the country than to ...
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... crowd unknown and unheeded . One of the greatest men of the society was Sim Scruple , who lives in a continual equipoise of doubt , and is a constant enemy to confidence and dogma- tism . Sim's favourite topick of conversation is the ...
... crowd unknown and unheeded . One of the greatest men of the society was Sim Scruple , who lives in a continual equipoise of doubt , and is a constant enemy to confidence and dogma- tism . Sim's favourite topick of conversation is the ...
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... crowd by the importance of his employments , or the reputation of his genius , feels himself affected by fame or business but as they influence his domes- tick life . The high and low , as they have the same faculties and the same ...
... crowd by the importance of his employments , or the reputation of his genius , feels himself affected by fame or business but as they influence his domes- tick life . The high and low , as they have the same faculties and the same ...
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... crowded ; in some houses the furniture was ill - suited , and in others the stairs were too narrow . He had such fertility of objections that Miss Trifle was at last tired , and desisted from all attempts for our accommodation . In the ...
... crowded ; in some houses the furniture was ill - suited , and in others the stairs were too narrow . He had such fertility of objections that Miss Trifle was at last tired , and desisted from all attempts for our accommodation . In the ...
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... of his having been , that he has added nothing to the system of life , but has glided from youth to age among the crowd , without any effort for distinction . Man is seldom willing to let fall the opinion of 44 THE IDLER.
... of his having been , that he has added nothing to the system of life , but has glided from youth to age among the crowd , without any effort for distinction . Man is seldom willing to let fall the opinion of 44 THE IDLER.
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