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... happy valley with a determination to gain experience of the varying conditions of human existence and to make their choice of life . They meet and talk with young men and old , with professors , astronomers , shepherds , and poets ...
... happy valley with a determination to gain experience of the varying conditions of human existence and to make their choice of life . They meet and talk with young men and old , with professors , astronomers , shepherds , and poets ...
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... happy . Then comes Imlac's - and Johnson's - final ver- dict : The Europeans are less unhappy than we , but they are not happy . Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed . ' 6 ยท a In ...
... happy . Then comes Imlac's - and Johnson's - final ver- dict : The Europeans are less unhappy than we , but they are not happy . Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed . ' 6 ยท a In ...
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... happy futurity ' . On 18 December he was delighted to accept an invitation to meet Johnson at dinner with Tom Davies the bookseller on Christmas Day . Unfortunately , Johnson decided to go to Oxford for Christmas , but Boswell had the ...
... happy futurity ' . On 18 December he was delighted to accept an invitation to meet Johnson at dinner with Tom Davies the bookseller on Christmas Day . Unfortunately , Johnson decided to go to Oxford for Christmas , but Boswell had the ...
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