The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
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That it was , in some degree , occa- sioned by a defect in his nervous system , that inexplicable part of our frame , appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not ...
That it was , in some degree , occa- sioned by a defect in his nervous system , that inexplicable part of our frame , appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not ...
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Some faculties of the mind appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use of all their senses .
Some faculties of the mind appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use of all their senses .
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How seriously Johnson was impressed with a sense of religion , even in the vigour of his youth , appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : resolving to be a christian , became one of the most zealous and ...
How seriously Johnson was impressed with a sense of religion , even in the vigour of his youth , appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : resolving to be a christian , became one of the most zealous and ...
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Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed ...
Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines) |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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