 I want likewise the 25 counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly...  Rasselas: A Tale - Page 68by Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British Council - 1980 - 376 pages
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 | David Morse - 1981 - 334 pages
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 | David Morse - 1981 - 336 pages
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 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - 1984 - 408 pages
...description of his state of mind in solitude. His description ends with a statement of general import. "The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout" (XXI. 96). From this high point of abstract reflection we descend to the comic anti-climax of particular,... | |
 | T. F. Wharton - 1984 - 208 pages
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 | Peter New - 1985 - 336 pages
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 | Robert Andrews - 1987 - 343 pages
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 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 pages
...if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good . . . the life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout" (R 21.57). At this point we share in the travelers' admiration for the wisdom of this unhappy sage... | |
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