The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 107
... continued to upbraid himself for his faults , to magnify his sins , to lament his recurrent religious doubts , his ' idleness , intemperate sleep , dilatoriness , immethodical life . Lust . Neglect of Worship . ' On Easter Day 1758 he ...
... continued to upbraid himself for his faults , to magnify his sins , to lament his recurrent religious doubts , his ' idleness , intemperate sleep , dilatoriness , immethodical life . Lust . Neglect of Worship . ' On Easter Day 1758 he ...
Page 121
... continued , ' that he inherited from his father a morbid disposition both of body and mind — an apprehensive melancholy , which robbed him of the common enjoyments of life . Indeed , he seemed to struggle almost incessantly with some ...
... continued , ' that he inherited from his father a morbid disposition both of body and mind — an apprehensive melancholy , which robbed him of the common enjoyments of life . Indeed , he seemed to struggle almost incessantly with some ...
Page 242
... continued always to think of himself as good - humoured . ' It is wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life , ' he observed one day on a coach journey . ' We meet with very few good- humoured men . . . . I look upon ...
... continued always to think of himself as good - humoured . ' It is wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life , ' he observed one day on a coach journey . ' We meet with very few good- humoured men . . . . I look upon ...
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