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" Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good. "
Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse ... - Page iii
by Elizabeth Helme - 1800 - 284 pages
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...fancy shall » cease , and phantoms of delight dance no » more about us , we shall have no com» forts but the esteem of wise men , and » the means of doing good. Let us , there» fore , stop , while to stop is in our power : » let vis live as men who are some...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power: let us live as men who are some time to Grow...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power : let us live as men who are some time to grow...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in onr power: let us live as men who are sometime to grow...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, VOL. III. AA • stop, stop, while to stop is in our power : let us live ad men...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let os, therefore, stop, while to stop is. ia our power : let us live as men who are some time to grow...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall eease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power : let us live as men who are some time to grow...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...hantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we hall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is' in onr iiowcr: let us live as men who are some time "o grow...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power : let us live as men •who are some time to...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power ; let us live as men who are some time to grow...
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