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" Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler - Page 390
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...of solitude L said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar, which spread its branches over my he^d : "Seventy years are allowed to man; I have yet fifty...will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten 1 will pass in fmeign countries; I -hall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 33-34

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 690 pages
...conditions, of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout...
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Idler

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 378 pages
...conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 548 pages
...myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : Seventy years are allowed to a man ; I have yet fifty remaining : ten years I will...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : Seventy years are allowed...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: The Adventurer and Idler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head : Seventy years are allowed to man ; T have yet fifty remaining: ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and, therefore, shall be honoured ; every city will...
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The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ...

Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...tree, which spread its branches over my head, ' Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet filly remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries. 5. ' I shall be learned, and, consequently honoured ; every city will shout...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces of Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...its branches over my head, ' Seventy years are allowed to man; I have yet fifty remaining. Ten 3'ears I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; 1 shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured; every city will shout...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar, which spread its branches over my head : 6. " Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...impart to me the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy . . ' Seventy years are allowed to man; I have yet fifty...allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honoured ; every city will shout...
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