The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... mind freely . " JOHNSON : " Sir , a foreigner , when he sends a work from the press , ought to be on his guard against catching the error and mistaken enthusiasm of the ON CONTEMPORARY HISTORY people among whom he happens to be ΙΟ ...
... mind freely . " JOHNSON : " Sir , a foreigner , when he sends a work from the press , ought to be on his guard against catching the error and mistaken enthusiasm of the ON CONTEMPORARY HISTORY people among whom he happens to be ΙΟ ...
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... mind , after the resolution is taken , that I argue . Suppose a man either from fear , or pride , or conscience , or whatever motive , has resolved to 1 William Fitzherbert , M.P. for Derby , who hanged himself with a bridle in his ...
... mind , after the resolution is taken , that I argue . Suppose a man either from fear , or pride , or conscience , or whatever motive , has resolved to 1 William Fitzherbert , M.P. for Derby , who hanged himself with a bridle in his ...
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... mind being influenced by seasons , which he ridicules in his writings . His progress , he says , was interrupted by a fever , " which , by the imprudent use of a small print , left an inflammation in his useful eye . ' We cannot but ...
... mind being influenced by seasons , which he ridicules in his writings . His progress , he says , was interrupted by a fever , " which , by the imprudent use of a small print , left an inflammation in his useful eye . ' We cannot but ...
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... mind , while he charged himself with idleness . This year died Mrs. Salusbury ( mother of Mrs. Thrale ) , a lady whom he appears to have esteemed much , and whose memory he honoured with an epitaph.2 In a letter from Edinburgh , dated ...
... mind , while he charged himself with idleness . This year died Mrs. Salusbury ( mother of Mrs. Thrale ) , a lady whom he appears to have esteemed much , and whose memory he honoured with an epitaph.2 In a letter from Edinburgh , dated ...
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... mind , as exercised during this peregrination , upon in- numerable topics , have been faithfully , and to the best of my abilities , displayed in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " to which , as the public has been pleased to ...
... mind , as exercised during this peregrination , upon in- numerable topics , have been faithfully , and to the best of my abilities , displayed in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " to which , as the public has been pleased to ...
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