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" As if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known... "
The National Magazine - Page 84
edited by - 1853
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

1773 - 394 pages
...were not fufficient for it, we turn the moft indifferent circumftances into misfortunes, and fuffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the fhooting of a ftar fpoil a night's reft; and have feen a man in love grow pale and lofe his appetite,...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...were not fufficient for it, we turn the moft indifferent circumflances into misfortunes, and fuffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the fhooting of a ftar fpoil a night's reft j and have feen a man in love grow pale, and lofe his appetite,...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...pale and lose -his appetite upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents as from reul evils. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a...pale and lose his appetite upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the...
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NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP

1804 - 676 pages
...indifferent cireumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents as from rest evil.M. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's...his appetite, upon the plucking of a merrythought. A sereech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a ericket...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 17

1804 - 452 pages
...superstition: it hath ever imposed the most abject kind of slavery. I have known (says the Spectator) the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest, and have...pale, and lose his appetite upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screech owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers, and the...
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The British Essayists, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling...screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There...
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The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle ..., Volume 1

Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...ferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer it much from triffing accidents, as from real evils. 1 have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest; and have seen a man in love grow pale and luse hii appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thonght. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 pages
...were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suft'er as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils....screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than, the roaring of a lion. There...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti ...

John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...Superstition : It hath ever imposed the most abject Kind of Slavery. I have known (says the Spectator) the shooting of a Star spoil a Night's Rest, and have...Appetite upon the plucking of a Merrythought. — A screech Owl at Midnight has alarmed a Family more than a Band of Robbers, and the Voice of a Cricket...
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