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... pain . ( no . 87 ) The intensity of this passage is matched only by no . 144 , on the various species of detractors of talent ( including literary talent ) . We are prepared for this essay , perhaps , by the treatment the patron and the ...
... pain . ( no . 87 ) The intensity of this passage is matched only by no . 144 , on the various species of detractors of talent ( including literary talent ) . We are prepared for this essay , perhaps , by the treatment the patron and the ...
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... painful ( no . 32 ) . All this has vital bearing on the topic of idleness , which entirely loses its sinful status ... pain of living experienced by each individual : The pleasure of recollecting speculative notions would not be much ...
... painful ( no . 32 ) . All this has vital bearing on the topic of idleness , which entirely loses its sinful status ... pain of living experienced by each individual : The pleasure of recollecting speculative notions would not be much ...
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... pain . Even the failure to engage with reality is a failure to engage with pain ; though torpor is itself a miserable condition . Idler no . 89 proceeds to ask the ultimate question , the question ' why ' : ' why the only thinking being ...
... pain . Even the failure to engage with reality is a failure to engage with pain ; though torpor is itself a miserable condition . Idler no . 89 proceeds to ask the ultimate question , the question ' why ' : ' why the only thinking being ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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