The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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Page 228
... reason , but by desire ; expectation raised , not by the common occurrences of life , but by the wants of the expectant ; an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed , and the general rules of action to be ...
... reason , but by desire ; expectation raised , not by the common occurrences of life , but by the wants of the expectant ; an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed , and the general rules of action to be ...
Page 499
... Reason . We may take Fancy for a companion , but must follow Reason as our guide . We may allow Fancy to suggest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places ...
... Reason . We may take Fancy for a companion , but must follow Reason as our guide . We may allow Fancy to suggest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places ...
Page 539
... reason to hate him ; you hate the other till you find reason to love him . ” The wife of one of his acquaintance had fraudulently made a purse for herself out of her husband's fortune . Feeling a proper compunction in her last moments ...
... reason to hate him ; you hate the other till you find reason to love him . ” The wife of one of his acquaintance had fraudulently made a purse for herself out of her husband's fortune . Feeling a proper compunction in her last moments ...
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