The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... reason I know not that he told . He now , about 1744 , came to London a literary adventurer , with many projects in his head , and very little money in his pocket . He designed many works ; but his great fault was irresolution ; or the ...
... reason I know not that he told . He now , about 1744 , came to London a literary adventurer , with many projects in his head , and very little money in his pocket . He designed many works ; but his great fault was irresolution ; or the ...
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... reason sufficient to balance the inconvenience of change ; and such reasons I do not expect often to find . All change is of itself an evil , which ought not to be hazarded but for evident advantage ; and as inconstancy is in every case ...
... reason sufficient to balance the inconvenience of change ; and such reasons I do not expect often to find . All change is of itself an evil , which ought not to be hazarded but for evident advantage ; and as inconstancy is in every case ...
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... reason , but from prejudice . Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved , without considering that time has sometimes co - operated with chance ; all , perhaps , are more willing to honour past than present ...
... reason , but from prejudice . Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved , without considering that time has sometimes co - operated with chance ; all , perhaps , are more willing to honour past than present ...
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