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" This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination operating on luxury. To temperance, every day is bright ; and every hour is propitious to diligence. He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 44
by Samuel Johnson - 1810
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 34

James Boswell - 1860 - 948 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, Till soon make himself superior to the seasons ; and may set at defiance the morning...evening damp, the blasts of the east, and the clouds .-f the south." Alas! it is too certain, that where the frame baa delicate fibres, and there is a fine...
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Once a Week, Volume 2

Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 750 pages
...well for a monster of resolution, like Dr. Johnson, to say that man can easily make himself " superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...the blasts of the east and the clouds of the south." I, myself, if I had been a salvage from the rain-pelted coasts of Mull or Argyle, might have rather...
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The adventures of my grandfather [J.R. Peyton].

John Lewis Peyton - 1867 - 286 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons ; and may set at defiance the morning mist and evening damp, the blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south.' " I make daily excursions on horseback,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Part 2

1872 - 762 pages
...resolutely excite his faculties," said the doctor, " or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...the blasts of the east and the clouds of the south." Boswell was a shrewd, thoughtful, and clever man. He made a very sensible reply to the doctor. He might...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties or excrt his virtues will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning mist and the evening damp, the blasts of the cast, and the elouds of the south,' Alas ! it is too certain that where the frame has delicate fibres,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...wind for the only blessings which Nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. — This distinction of seasons is produced only by imagination...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Alas ! it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate fibres, and there is a fine sensibility,...
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The day dreams of a sleepless man

Frank Ives Scudamore - 1875 - 336 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons, and may set at defiance the morning...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Herein, I think, the worthy doctor goes too far. Doubtless there is some luxury in the City, and it...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons ; and may set at defiance the morning...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Alas ! it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate fibres, and there is a fine sensibility,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to ...

James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...He that shall resolutely excite his faculties, or exert his virtues, will soon make himself superior to the seasons; and may set at defiance the morning...blasts of the east, and the clouds of the south." Alas ! it is too certain, that where the frame has delicate fibres, and there is a fine sensibility,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776 ...

James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...is produced only by imagination operating on luxury. To temperance, every day is bright ; and ever)' hour is propitious to diligence. He that shall resolutely...the morning mist and the evening damp, the blasts of east, and the clouds of the south3.' 'h° 1 ' I asked him one day, why the Idlers were published without...
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