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The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie - Page 163
by Henry Mackenzie - 1858 - 512 pages
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The Lounger: no. 70-101; June 3, 1786-Jan. 6, 1787

English essays - 1788 - 330 pages
...habit, or till that very warmth is enlifted on the fide of their profeffion, by the opening profpects of ambition or emolument. From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly fought from fome favourite avocation or amufement, for which a young man...
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The Lounger, Volume 3

1788 - 338 pages
...habit, or till that very warmth is enlifted on the fide of their profeffion, by the opening profpects of ambition or emolument. From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly fought from fome favourite avocation or amjfement, for which a young man...
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The Britannic magazine; or entertaining repository of heroic ..., Volume 1

482 pages
...habit, or till that very warmth is enlifted on the fide of their profeflion by the opening profpetfs of ambition or emolument. From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly Ibught from fbme favourite avocation or amufement, for which a young man...
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The Lounger: no. 53-101; Feb. 4, 1786-Jan. 6, 1787

Periodicals - 1794 - 466 pages
...habit, or till that very warmth is enlifted on the fide of their profeflion, by the opening profpects of ambition or emolument. From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly fought from fome favourite avocation or amufement, for which a young man...
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The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq, Volume 7

Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 418 pages
...progress of time and habit, or till that very warmth is enlisted on the side of their profession, by the opening prospects of ambition or emolument. From this...tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favourite avocation or amusement, for which a young man...
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The British Essayists;: Lounger

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 356 pages
...progress of time and habit, or till that very warmth is enlisted on the side of their profession, by the opening prospects of ambition or emolument. From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of at ten tion and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favourite avocation or amusement, for...
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The British Essayists: The Lounger

English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, -relief is commonly sought from some favourite avocation or amusement, for which a young man either finds or steals a portion of his time, ei ther patiently plods through his task, in expectation of its approach, or anticipates its arrival...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 31-32

British essayists - 1823 - 802 pages
...progress of time and habit, or till that very warmth is enlisted on the side of their profession, by the opening prospects of ambition or emolument. From this...tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favourite avocation or amusement, for which a young man...
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Lounger

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...progress of time and habit, or till that very warmth is enlisted on the side of their profession, by the opening prospects of ambition or emolument. From this...tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favourite avocation or amusement, for which a young man...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...progress of time and habit, or till that very warmth is enlisted on the side of their profession, by the opening prospects of ambition or emolument. From this...tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favorite avocation or amusement, for which a young man...
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