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... desire for a hermitage , says Johnson , is only a literary man's wishful thinking : He forgot , in the vehemence of desire , that solitude and quiet owe their pleasures to those miseries , which he was so studious to obviate ... he ...
... desire for a hermitage , says Johnson , is only a literary man's wishful thinking : He forgot , in the vehemence of desire , that solitude and quiet owe their pleasures to those miseries , which he was so studious to obviate ... he ...
Page 103
... desire is necessary to keep life in motion ' : some desire , but what desire ? Any desire - it doesn't matter which ? One couldn't tell which was best ? In the Happy Valley Rasselas says , poignantly , ' I have already enjoyed too much ...
... desire is necessary to keep life in motion ' : some desire , but what desire ? Any desire - it doesn't matter which ? One couldn't tell which was best ? In the Happy Valley Rasselas says , poignantly , ' I have already enjoyed too much ...
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... desire the melioration of our lot ; what we desire , we very reasonably seek , and what we seek we are naturally eager to believe that we have found . Our confidence is often disappointed , but our reason is not convinced , and there is ...
... desire the melioration of our lot ; what we desire , we very reasonably seek , and what we seek we are naturally eager to believe that we have found . Our confidence is often disappointed , but our reason is not convinced , and there is ...
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Almost every man will be found to have enlisted | 10 |
Discoursing like an angel living like a | 21 |
The System of Life | 42 |
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