Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... mind can be thought very deficient that has , by constant study and meditation , assimilated to itself all that may be found there . No. 7 , written in Passion - week on abstraction and self - examination , and No. 110 , on penitence ...
... mind can be thought very deficient that has , by constant study and meditation , assimilated to itself all that may be found there . No. 7 , written in Passion - week on abstraction and self - examination , and No. 110 , on penitence ...
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... mind . ' Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a variety of ...
... mind . ' Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a variety of ...
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... mind , and his tongue in his mind , and his right hand , we should not much lament the rest . I should not despair of helping the swelled hand by electricity , if it were frequently and diligently supplied . ' Let me know from time to ...
... mind , and his tongue in his mind , and his right hand , we should not much lament the rest . I should not despair of helping the swelled hand by electricity , if it were frequently and diligently supplied . ' Let me know from time to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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