Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... mind at ease , " a mind at once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impet- uous like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and ...
... mind at ease , " a mind at once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impet- uous like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and ...
Page 252
... mind is actually employed in the discharge of any pro- fession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being totally a Judge . The best em- ployed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time : a great ...
... mind is actually employed in the discharge of any pro- fession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being totally a Judge . The best em- ployed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time : a great ...
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... mind , the other the nose of the mind . A young gentleman present took up the argu- ment against him , and maintained that no man ever thinks of the nose of the mind , not adverting that though that figurative sense seems strange to us ...
... mind , the other the nose of the mind . A young gentleman present took up the argu- ment against him , and maintained that no man ever thinks of the nose of the mind , not adverting that though that figurative sense seems strange to us ...
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