The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 260
... happy in the whole , than if the spontaneous bounty of Nature poured all that we want into our hands . A few , if they were left thus to them- selves , would , perhaps , spend their time in laudable pursuits ; but the greater part would ...
... happy in the whole , than if the spontaneous bounty of Nature poured all that we want into our hands . A few , if they were left thus to them- selves , would , perhaps , spend their time in laudable pursuits ; but the greater part would ...
Page 319
... happy but as their flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the Minds are torpid to world against him . Men have a solicitude about fame ; Sensations of Misery . I and the greater share they have of it , the more afraid ...
... happy but as their flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the Minds are torpid to world against him . Men have a solicitude about fame ; Sensations of Misery . I and the greater share they have of it , the more afraid ...
Page 361
... happy , are equally happy , is not true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multi- plicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal ...
... happy , are equally happy , is not true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multi- plicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal ...
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