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" I mean the GENIUS of the place. It is a sort of inspiring deity, which every youth of quick sensibility and ingenious disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and... "
The Works of Samuel Parr, Ll.D. ...: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings ... - Page 585
by Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828
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The Idler, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 316 pages
...fehfibility and ingenious difpofition creates to himfelf, by reflecting, that •he is placed under thofe venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON, ones purfued the fame courfe of fcience, and from whence they foarI,, I THE IDLER, ed to the moft elevated...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...fenfibility and ingenuous difpofition creates to himfelf, by reflecting, that he is placed under thofe venerable walls, where a HooKER and a HAMMoND, a BACoN and a NEWTON, once purfued the fame courfe of fcience, and from whence they fbared to the moft elevated heights of literary...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...fenflbility and ingenuous difpofition creates to himfelf, by reflecYing, that he is placed under thole venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON, once purfued the fame courfe. of fcience, and from whence they foared to the moft elevated heights of literary...
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Harrison's British Classicks: The Idler. Fitz Osbornes Letters. Shenstones ...

1787 - 528 pages
...¡ngenucu* difpofition creates to himfelt, by rtilefting, that he is placed under thofe venerable wnlls, where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once purfued the lame courle of fcience, and frum whence they loircd to the moll elevated heights of liteiary...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 33

British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...youth of quick sensibility and ingenuous disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and aNEWTON, once pursued the same course of science, and from whence they soared to the most elevated...
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Select British Classics, Volume 9

1803 - 196 pages
...every youth of quick sensibility and ingenuous disposition creates to himself by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a Hooker...heights of literary fame. This is that incitement which TulIv, according to his own testimony experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the porticoes where...
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Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volume 1

Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 590 pages
...whence they soared to the most elevated 'heights of literary fame. This is that incitement which Tully, according to his own testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the porticos where Socrates sat, and the laurel groves where Plato disputed.' Idler, N0 33. — It appears...
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A Guide Through the University of Cambridge: ...

1808 - 212 pages
...and ingenuous disposition creates to himself, hy reflecting, that he is placed under those venerahle walls, where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a...heights of literary fame. This is that incitement which Tully, according to his own testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the porticoes where...
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The British Essayists;: Idler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pages
...youth of quick sensibility and ingenuous disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACOX and a NEWTON, once pursued the same course of science, and from whence they soared to the most...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...youth of quick sensibility and ingenious disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER...testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the porticos where Socrates sat, and the laurel-groves where Plato disputed. But there are other circumstances,...
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