The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 7T. Longman, 1792 |
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Page 52
... bufinefs is better than idleness ; that when thefe wheels are fet upon a table , with mats under them , they will turn without noise , and keep the girls upright ; that great wheels are not fit for gentlewomen ; and that with thefe ...
... bufinefs is better than idleness ; that when thefe wheels are fet upon a table , with mats under them , they will turn without noise , and keep the girls upright ; that great wheels are not fit for gentlewomen ; and that with thefe ...
Page 61
... bufinefs . He foon added his parlour to his fhop , and was obliged a few months afterwards to hire a warehouse . He had now a fhop fplendidly and copioufly fur- nished with every thing that time had injured , or fashion had degraded ...
... bufinefs . He foon added his parlour to his fhop , and was obliged a few months afterwards to hire a warehouse . He had now a fhop fplendidly and copioufly fur- nished with every thing that time had injured , or fashion had degraded ...
Page 62
... hours in the week from bufinefs ; for , fays he , when a man advances in life , he loves to entertain him- felf fometimes with his own thoughts . I was invited to this feat of quiet and contempla- I was 62 N ° 16 . THE IDLER .
... hours in the week from bufinefs ; for , fays he , when a man advances in life , he loves to entertain him- felf fometimes with his own thoughts . I was invited to this feat of quiet and contempla- I was 62 N ° 16 . THE IDLER .
Page 71
... bufinefs , the tumults of publick com- motion , or the agitations of private intereft ; a ftate in which the mind has no other employment , but to obferve and regulate her own motions , to trace thought from thought , combine one image ...
... bufinefs , the tumults of publick com- motion , or the agitations of private intereft ; a ftate in which the mind has no other employment , but to obferve and regulate her own motions , to trace thought from thought , combine one image ...
Page 72
... bufinefs ; who is always to do what he never does , who cannot ftand ftill because he is wanted in another place , and who is wanted in many places because he stays in none . Jack has more bufinefs than he can conveniently tranfact in ...
... bufinefs ; who is always to do what he never does , who cannot ftand ftill because he is wanted in another place , and who is wanted in many places because he stays in none . Jack has more bufinefs than he can conveniently tranfact in ...
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afked againſt amufement beauty becauſe bufinefs bufy buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confidered converfation critick cuftom curiofity defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy endeavour enquire faid fame fatire fecure feem feen feldom felves fenfe fent feven fhall fhew fhop fhort fhould filk fince fingle firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies friends ftand ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffered fuperiority fupplied fuppofe fure happineſs himſelf hope houfe houſe idle idlenefs Idler inftruction labour lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs loft mifery Mifs mind moft morning moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMB obferved ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent promifed publick purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tranflation truth underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit whofe whoſe wife wifhes writers