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" IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already... "
The Spectator - Page 12
edited by - 1898
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...those who now think themselves the most unhappv , would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a division. TH« ENGLISH INSTRCCTOH. in Horace has carried this thought a great deal further , which implies ,...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 280 pages
...species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal farther in the motto of my paper, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes which we lie under...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 14

British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...species, those who now thick themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal farther in the motto of my paper, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes which we lie under...
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Select British Classics, Volume 18

1803 - 342 pages
...those, who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them, by such...division. Horace has carried this thought a great d.eal farther in the motto of my paper, which implies thirt the hardships or misfortunes we lie under, are...
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1804 - 412 pages
...species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a...motto of my paper, which implies, that the hardships of misfortunes we lie under are more easy to us than those of any other person would be, in ease we...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal farther in the motto of my paper, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes we lie under, are...
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The British Essayists, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a...paper, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes which we lie under are more easy to us than those of any other person would be, in case we could change...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of, hefore that which would fall to them hy such a division. Horace has carried this thought a...hardships or misfortunes we lie under, are more easy to ns than those of any other person would he, in case we could change conditions with him. As I was ruminating...
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...those, who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possess'd of, before that which would fall to them by such a...implies that the hardships or misfortunes we lie under, arc more easy to us than those of any other person would be, in case we could change conditions with...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]. With hist. and biogr ..., Volume 8

Spectator The - 1823 - 352 pages
...species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a...paper, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes which we lie under are more easy to us than those of any other person would be, in case we could change...
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