The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in im parting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . " [ Ram- bler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the ...
... mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in im parting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . " [ Ram- bler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the ...
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... mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late : her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love ...
... mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late : her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love ...
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... mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between body and mind is very general , and the parallel will hold as to their food , as ...
... mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between body and mind is very general , and the parallel will hold as to their food , as ...
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... mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- " Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . ” — Æn . vi . 730 . The history of his mind as to religion is an im- portant ...
... mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- " Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . ” — Æn . vi . 730 . The history of his mind as to religion is an im- portant ...
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... mind from preying upon itself . Thus I find in his handwriting the number of lines in each ofĮ . BOSWELL , Jun . two ... mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the universities abroad . I'll go to France ...
... mind from preying upon itself . Thus I find in his handwriting the number of lines in each ofĮ . BOSWELL , Jun . two ... mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the universities abroad . I'll go to France ...
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