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The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen
The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?
I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.
There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?
But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.
I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?
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I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.
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There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?
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But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.
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I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

Learner Dictionary

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Worn verb US /wɔːrn/

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading “There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?”

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a

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

always

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

am

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

an

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

and

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

any

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

artifices

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

as

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

at

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

auctions

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be

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

book

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

But

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

can

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

cannot

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

cards

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certainly

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

change

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

clothes

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

command

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

course

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

cruelty

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

day

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

destructive

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

devoted

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

die

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

diversions

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

does

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

either

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

end

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

entrance

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

ever

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

for

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

found

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

gardens

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

guess

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

hands

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

have

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

him

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

himself

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

how

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

I

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

if

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

imagined

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

into

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

is

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

it

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

live

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

loss

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

malicious

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

manners

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

men

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

most

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

my

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

not

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

now

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

of

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

one

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

or

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

paid

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

park

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

perfidy

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

playhouses

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

profess

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

purpose

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

ready

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

reformed

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

related

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

round

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

service

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

shall

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

shows

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

since

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

so

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

soon

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

stop

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

stories

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

such

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

suppose

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

that

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

the

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

their

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

There

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

these

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

they

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

This

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

time

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

to

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

tragick

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

unemployed

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From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

upon

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visits

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want

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

were

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

what

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

when

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From this reading This is the round of my day; and when shall I either stop my course, or so change it as to want a book?

who

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From this reading But I am most at a loss to guess for what purpose they related such tragick stories of the cruelty, perfidy, and artifices of men, who, if they ever were so malicious and destructive, have certainly now reformed their manners.

will

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From this reading I suppose it cannot be imagined, that any of these diversions will soon be at an end.

world

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From this reading I have not, since my entrance into the world, found one who does not profess himself devoted to my service, and ready to live or die as I shall command him.

wornverbUS /wɔːrn/

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading There will always be gardens, and a park, and auctions, and shows, and playhouses, and cards; visits will always be paid, and clothes always be worn; and how can I have time unemployed upon my hands?

Chapter 12 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen by Samuel Johnson holds 85 sentences, grouped into 17 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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