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" I never experienced any where else. But, as Xerxes wept when he viewed his immense army, and considered that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 38
by James Boswell - 1821
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The life of Samuel Johnson. With copious notes by Malone

James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...multitude would be ulive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was ndt one in all that brilliant circle, that was not afraid...reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor,* which succeeds the animation of gaiety, is itself a very severe pain ; and when the mind...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
....hat not one of that great multitude would je alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart dered as a disadvantageous distincti эе distressing when alone." This reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor,* which...
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An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea, and Its ..., Volume 1

Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would he alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...of each individual there would be distressing when alqp«."^-See BotwtV? Lifevfjolmson, vol. 2, p. 173. Loud. This reflection w^ experimentally just....
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor', which succeeds the animation of gaiety, i Pope mentions, "Streteh'd on the rack of a too...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor l, which succeeds the animation of gaiety, 1 Pope mentions, "Stretch'd on the rack of a too...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...gaiety, is itself a very severe pain^ and when the inind is then vacant, a thousand disappointments and vexations rush in and excruciate. Will not many...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be living one hundred years after ; so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all -that brilliant circle at Kanelagh (once a place of public amusement) that was not afraid to go home and think ; but the thoughts...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 66-67

Fashion - 740 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...individual there would be distressing when alone." To how many of us does the same thought occur in the gay haunts where comes no truthful moralist like...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...that not one of that great multitide would be alive a hundred years afterwards, » it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...was not afraid to go home and think, but that the thought* of each individual there would be distressing when alone." To how many of us does the same...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Including A Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred yeare afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor ', which succeeds the animation of gaiety, is itself a very severe pain; and when the mind...
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