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Page 124
... indolence , and whose retrospect of time can entertain them with nothing but day rifing upon day , and year gliding after year . EQUALLY neceffary is fome variety of for- tune to a nearer inspection of the manners principles and ...
... indolence , and whose retrospect of time can entertain them with nothing but day rifing upon day , and year gliding after year . EQUALLY neceffary is fome variety of for- tune to a nearer inspection of the manners principles and ...
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... given him , not by fettled kindness , but by the de- lays of indolence , and the cowardice of age . The hungry family flew like vulturs on their prey's prey , and foon made my disappointment pub- lick by 148 The RAMBLER . N. 153 .
... given him , not by fettled kindness , but by the de- lays of indolence , and the cowardice of age . The hungry family flew like vulturs on their prey's prey , and foon made my disappointment pub- lick by 148 The RAMBLER . N. 153 .
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... INDOLENCE is therefore one of the vices from which those whom it once infects are feldom reformed . Every other fpecies of luxury operates upon fome appetite that is quickly fatiated , and requires fome concur- rence of art or accident ...
... INDOLENCE is therefore one of the vices from which those whom it once infects are feldom reformed . Every other fpecies of luxury operates upon fome appetite that is quickly fatiated , and requires fome concur- rence of art or accident ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
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