The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... nature , but rise in the morning , look round them till night in careless stupidity , go to bed and sleep , and rise again in the morning . It has been lately a celebrated question in the schools of philosophy , Whether the soul always ...
... nature , but rise in the morning , look round them till night in careless stupidity , go to bed and sleep , and rise again in the morning . It has been lately a celebrated question in the schools of philosophy , Whether the soul always ...
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... nature , that its use constitutes much of the difference between savage and polished life , between the state of him that slumbers in European palaces , and him that shelters himself in the cavities of a rock from the chilness of the ...
... nature , that its use constitutes much of the difference between savage and polished life , between the state of him that slumbers in European palaces , and him that shelters himself in the cavities of a rock from the chilness of the ...
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Samuel Johnson. Natural history is no work for one that loves his chair or his bed . Speculation may be pursued on a soft couch , but nature must be observed in the open air . I have collected materials with indefati- gable pertinacity ...
Samuel Johnson. Natural history is no work for one that loves his chair or his bed . Speculation may be pursued on a soft couch , but nature must be observed in the open air . I have collected materials with indefati- gable pertinacity ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
The folly of creating artificial wants | 14 |
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