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" To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 419
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 468 pages
...happy or miserable. For very few are involved in great events, or have their thread of life entwisted with the chain of causes on which armies or nations...must be known by those who would make a just estimate 4$2 THE RAMBLER. No. 68. either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...and throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless in cum bran ces, and so lose all effect when they become familiar....must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless incumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is...
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The British Essayists: Rambler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 466 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises which he feels in privacy to be useless incumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 458 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless incumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprize and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless incumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless encumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known ^ 2 by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless encumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It i«, indeed, at home that every man must be known v 2 by those who would make a just estimate either...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...throws aside the ornaments or disguises, which he feels in privacy to be useless incumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy...at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the eud to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution....
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The Cornish Magazine, Issue 25

1826 - 696 pages
...the ornamentsor d isguises which he feels, in privacy, to lie useleiS-encumbrances,and to lose ail effect when they become familiar. To be happy at home...desire prompts the prosecution. It is indeed at home tint every man must be known, by those who would make a just estimate cither of his virtue, or felicity;...
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