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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 33
by Samuel Johnson - 1801
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 428 pages
...The Poor indeed are infenfible of many Httle Vexations which fometimes imb'.i^r the Pof•feffions and pollute the Enjoyments of the Rich'. They are...his Flefh. .That Want of Tafte for .one Enjoyment is fupiplied by the Pieafures of fome other, may be fairly allowed. But the Compenfations of Sicknefs...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces. ...

1774 - 390 pages
...borne. The Poor indeed areinfenfible of many little Vexations which fometimes imbitter the Poffeffions and pollute .the Enjoyments of the Rich. They are...Cords that bind him when the Pincers are tearing his Flefla. That Want of Ta'fte for one Enjoyment is fupplied by the Pieafures of fbme other, may be fairly...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...the Mutilation of a Compliment ; but this Happincfs is like that of a Malefactor, who ceafes to tfeel the Cords that bind him when the Pincers are tearing...his Flefh. That Want of Tafte for one Enjoyment is fupylied by the Pieafures of fome other, may be fairly allowed. But the Compenfations of Sicknefs I...
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Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...happinefs is like that of a malefactor, who ceafes tq feel the cords that bind him when the pincers arc tearing his flefh. That want of tafte for one enjoyment...never found near to equivalence, and the tranfports qf recovery only prove the intenfenefs of the pain. With folly no tpan is willing to confefs himfelf...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...incivility, or mortified by the mutilation of a compliment ; but this happinefs is like that of a malefadlor, who ceafes to feel the cords that bind him when the...his flefh. That want of tafte for one enjoyment is fupplicd by the pleafures of fome other, may be fairly allowed. But the compenfations of ficknefs I...
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The School of Wisdom

Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...poflellions and pollute the enjoyments of the rich. They are not pained by cafual incivility, or , morttfied by the mutilation of a compliment: but this happinefs...cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flefli.—sfehnfon. TO be idle and to be poor have alsvays been reproaches; and therefore every man...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...mortified by the mutilation of a compliment; but this happiness is like that of a malefactor, who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh. Review of the Origin of Evil, p. 10. Some men are poor by their own faults ; some fcy the fault...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...mortified by the mutilation of a compliment ; but this happiness is like that of a malefactor, who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh. That want of taste for one enjoyment is suppli« ed by the pleasures of some other, may be fairly...
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Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...mortified by the mutilation of a compliment; but this happiness is like that of a malefactor, who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh. That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other, may be fairly...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...mortified by the mutilation of a compliment ; but this happiness is like that of a malefactor, who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh. That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other, may be fairly...
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