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" It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain. "
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ... - Page xix
by Sir Thomas Browne - 1852
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 392 pages
...unto the Animofity of that Attempt. « It is the heavieft Stone that Melancholy can * throw at a Man, to tell him he is at the End of his ? Nature ; or...there is no further State to come, * unto which this feemsprogreflional, and otherwife * made in vain : Without this Accomplifhment, the * natural Expectation...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft ftone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...unto the animofity of that " attempt. " It is the heavieft flone that melancholy can throw " at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; " or that there is no further ftate to come, unto which " this feems progreffional, and otherwife made in vain: " without this accomplifhment,...
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Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. by T ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...unt.o " the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of " his nature ; or...progressional, " and otherwise made in vain: without this ac" complishment, the natural expectation and de" sire of such a state were but a fallacy in na. "...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature; or that...in nature: unsatisfied considerators would quarrel at the justness of the constitution, and rest content that Adam had fallen lower, whereby, by knowing...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...unto the animosity of that attempt. " It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can " throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his " nature; or that...which this seems progressional, and otherwise " made " made in vain : without this accomplishment, the ce natural expectation and desire of such a state...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell hiui he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems professional, and otherwise made in vain." But of sucli a conspiracy and a-sault against the best hope«...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...stone," says Sir Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that...seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain." But qf such a conspiracy and assault against the best hopes of man, these Otabeitans, A» soon as a...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...Thomas Brown in his curious work Hydriotaphia, " that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he 19 at the end of his nature; or that there is no further...seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain." But of such a conspiracy and assault against the best hopse of man, these Otahfitans, As soon as a...
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