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No. 94. Obstructions of learning.

It is common to find young men ardent and diligent in the pursuit of knowledge; but the progress of life very often produces laxity and indifference; and not only those who are at liberty to choose...

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No. 95. Tim Wainscot’s son a fine gentleman.

TO THE IDLER. Mr. Idler, It is, I think, universally agreed, that seldom any good is gotten by complaint; yet we find that few forbear to complain, but those who are afraid of being reproached as the...

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No. 96. Hacho of Lapland.

Qui se volet esse potentem, Animos domet ille feroces: Nec victa libidine colla Foedis submittat habenis. BOETHIUS. Hacho, a king of Lapland, was in his youth the most renowned of the Northern...

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No. 97. Narratives of travellers considered.

It may, I think, be justly observed, that few books disappoint their readers more than the narrations of travellers. One part of mankind is naturally curious to learn the sentiments, manners, and...

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No. 98. Sophia Heedful.

TO THE IDLER. Sir, I am the daughter of a gentleman, who during his lifetime enjoyed a small income which arose from a pension from the court, by which he was enabled to live in a genteel and...

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No. 99. Ortogrul of Basra.

As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandise which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied...

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No. 100. The good sort of woman

TO THE IDLER. Sir, The uncertainty and defects of language have produced very frequent complaints among the learned; yet there still remain many words among us undefined, which are very necessary to be...

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No. 101. Omar’s plan of life.

Carpe hilaris: fuget heu! non revocanda dies. Omar, the son of Hussan, had passed seventy-five years in honour and prosperity. The favour of three successive califs had filled his house with gold and...

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No. 102. Authors inattentive to themselves.

It very seldom happens to man that his business is his pleasure. What is done from necessity is so often to be done when against the present inclination, and so often fills the mind with anxiety, that...

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No. 103. Honour of the last.

Respicere ad longae jussit spatia ultima vitae. JUV. Sat. x. 275. Much of the pain and pleasure of mankind arises from the conjectures which every one makes of the thoughts of others; we all enjoy...

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No. 94. Obstructions of learning.

It is common to find young men ardent and diligent in the pursuit of knowledge; but the progress of life very often produces laxity and indifference; and not only those who are at liberty to choose...

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No. 95. Tim Wainscot’s son a fine gentleman.

TO THE IDLER. Mr. Idler, It is, I think, universally agreed, that seldom any good is gotten by complaint; yet we find that few forbear to complain, but those who are afraid of being reproached as the...

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No. 96. Hacho of Lapland.

Qui se volet esse potentem, Animos domet ille feroces: Nec victa libidine colla Foedis submittat habenis. BOETHIUS. Hacho, a king of Lapland, was in his youth the most renowned of the Northern...

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No. 97. Narratives of travellers considered.

It may, I think, be justly observed, that few books disappoint their readers more than the narrations of travellers. One part of mankind is naturally curious to learn the sentiments, manners, and...

View Article

No. 98. Sophia Heedful.

TO THE IDLER. Sir, I am the daughter of a gentleman, who during his lifetime enjoyed a small income which arose from a pension from the court, by which he was enabled to live in a genteel and...

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No. 99. Ortogrul of Basra.

As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandise which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied...

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No. 100. The good sort of woman

TO THE IDLER. Sir, The uncertainty and defects of language have produced very frequent complaints among the learned; yet there still remain many words among us undefined, which are very necessary to be...

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No. 101. Omar’s plan of life.

Carpe hilaris: fuget heu! non revocanda dies. Omar, the son of Hussan, had passed seventy-five years in honour and prosperity. The favour of three successive califs had filled his house with gold and...

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No. 102. Authors inattentive to themselves.

It very seldom happens to man that his business is his pleasure. What is done from necessity is so often to be done when against the present inclination, and so often fills the mind with anxiety, that...

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No. 103. Horrour of the last.

Respicere ad longae jussit spatia ultima vitae. JUV. Sat. x. 275. Much of the pain and pleasure of mankind arises from the conjectures which every one makes of the thoughts of others; we all enjoy...

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