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" Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler - Page 390
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...preferved it, are to you no longer necefTary or ufeful ; impart to me the fecret of your conduct, and teaeh me the plan upon which your wifdom has built your...honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every ftudent will folicit my friendfhip. Twenty years thus parted will flore ray mind with images, which...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...man, faid Omar, it is of little ufe to formplans of life. When I took my firft furvey of the vforld, in my twentieth year, having confidered the various...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries ; J fhall be learned, and therefore fhall be honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...in my twentieth year, having contidered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of folitudv; I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againft a cedar, which...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries; I mail be learned, and therefore fliall be honoured ; every city will fliout at my arrival, and every...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...confidered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of folitude I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againfl a cedar which fpread its branches over my head : Seventy...honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every flu* dent will folicit my friendfhip. Twenty years thus pafled will ftore my mind with images which...
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : seventy years are VOL. II. P allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining : ten...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 pages
...in the hour of folitude I faid thus to myfelf, leaning againft a cedar, which fpread its branche-, over my head : ' Seventy years are allowed to man...knowledge, and ten I will pafs in foreign countries; I fliall be learned, and therefore lhall be honoured ; every city will fhout at my arrival, and every...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head: Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout...
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The British Essayists;: Idler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pages
...spread its branches over my head: Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remain, ing: ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...of mankind in the hour of solitude, I said thus to myself, leaning "against a cedar, which spread it branches over my head ; " Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over h»y head : Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every cky will shout...
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