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... hope of future . But though delusive , hope , as the wise man also knows , is necessary for us even so ; we cannot live without hope . ' Hope is necessary ' , ' Hope is fallacious ' : are those two statements to be joined by a ' but ...
... hope of future . But though delusive , hope , as the wise man also knows , is necessary for us even so ; we cannot live without hope . ' Hope is necessary ' , ' Hope is fallacious ' : are those two statements to be joined by a ' but ...
Page 133
... hope or fear . Indeed , what the astronomer himself ironically tries to work upon in Imlac is precisely the capacity which Imlac shares with Johnson himself - the capacity of ' distin- guishing ' . It is a capacity which depends upon an ...
... hope or fear . Indeed , what the astronomer himself ironically tries to work upon in Imlac is precisely the capacity which Imlac shares with Johnson himself - the capacity of ' distin- guishing ' . It is a capacity which depends upon an ...
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... hope that time and variety will dissipate the gloom that has so long surrounded me , and the latter part of my days ... hope of its own end : ' I hope that ... " . Just hopes , not certainties : ' may give you hopes ' ; but just hopes ...
... hope that time and variety will dissipate the gloom that has so long surrounded me , and the latter part of my days ... hope of its own end : ' I hope that ... " . Just hopes , not certainties : ' may give you hopes ' ; but just hopes ...
Contents
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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