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" In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended... "
The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ... - Page 122
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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Curiosities of Medical Experience

John Gideon Millingen - 1839 - 630 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention : all...intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, returns constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. " In lime, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood,...
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The Boy's Manual: Comprising a Summary of the Studies, Accomplishments, and ...

1842 - 362 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention;,; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. " In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood,...
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Inquires Concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth

John Abercrombie - 1843 - 294 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favorite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood...
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The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. With a complete vocabulary ...

Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 pages
...and riots in delights, which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. "In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention: all...intellectual gratifications are rejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception , and feasts on the luscious falshood,...
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Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie

Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 pages
...riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. « In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all other intellectual gratifications are dejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, cultés mentales. Il n'est réputé folie que lorsque...
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The Passions: Or, Mind and Matter

John Gideon Millingen - 1848 - 496 pages
...and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, returns constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 12

1852 - 596 pages
...and riots in delights, which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, can not bestow. In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favorite conception, and feasts in the luscious falsehood,...
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The National Magazine, Volume 3

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...After noticing the first evil effects of an illgoverned imagination, he proceeds : — "In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention ; all...intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favorite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood...
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