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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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Secular Annotations on Scripture Texts

Francis Jacox - Bible - 1870 - 550 pages
...of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to the doctor's heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant circle but was afraid to go home and think ; that " the thoughts of each individual there would be distressing...
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London: It's Celebrated Characters And Remarkable Places

J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 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." — " It is a charming place," writes Evelina to her guardian, " and the brilliancy of the lights,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...afterwards, »o it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant 34« 349 circle that was not afraid to go home and think ;...reflection was experimentally just. The feeling of languor' which succeeds the animation of gaiety, ii itself a very severe pain ; and when the mind is...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 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, is itself a very severe pain ; and when the mind...
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LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).

ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 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." On Wednesday evening, September 17, Johnson proposed that the crystal lustre in Dr. Taylor's large...
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A miscellaneous selection from the scrapbook of the compiler [sir E. Denny].

1874 - 80 pages
...would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in that brilliant circle that was not afraid to go home and think." I am not what I was — I am not what I icould be — I am not what / should be — I am not what /...
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The Book of Humour, Wit & Wisdom: A Manual of Table-talk

English wit and humor - 1874 - 378 pages
...considered that not one of that 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 Ranelagh, that was not afraid to go home and think ; I felt that the thoughts of each individual...
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Samuel Johnson

Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 pages
...Eanelagh, but he changed to the mood of Xerxes weeping at the sight of his army. " It went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...and think ; but that the thoughts of each individual would bo distressing when alone." Some years before he had gone with Boswell to the Pantheon and taken...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterward, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...individual there would be distressing when alone."— Boswell. In 1777, it appears, from his "Prayers and Meditations," that Johnson suffered much from a...
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Acme Library of Standard Biography: Third Series

Authors, English - 1880 - 556 pages
...Ranelagh, but he changed to the mood of Xerxes weeping at the sight of his army. " It went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant...and think ; but that the thoughts of each individual would be distressing when alone." Some years before he had gone with Boswell to the Pantheon and taken...
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