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" He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? "
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale - Page 94
by Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 111 pages
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. "To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy - f the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquky will sometimes give...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...apparently influences Speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send, imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...violent to last long ; the ardour of inquiry will sonjetimes give way to idleness or satiety. He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find...
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Solitude

Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 pages
...tyrannize. " To indulge the power of fiction," says a celebrated writer, f< and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety. lie who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what lit is not; for who is pleased with what he is?...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, am) must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is?...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power »f fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ?...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...the labour of excogitation is too violent to last l°ng; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety. He who has nothing external...
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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
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety. lie who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...apparently influences speech or aftion. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...speculation. When we are alone we are not always busy ; the labor of excogitation is too violent to last long ; the ardor of inquiry will sometimes give way to...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...apparently influences speech or action. " To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight...nothing external that can divert him must find pleasure in his own thoughts and must conceive himself what he is not ; for who is pleased with what he is ?...
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