Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 117
... tion , all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent . He has facts ready to his hand ; so there is no exercise of inven- tion . Imagination is not required in any Goldsmith , as usual , endeavoured , with high degree ; only ...
... tion , all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent . He has facts ready to his hand ; so there is no exercise of inven- tion . Imagination is not required in any Goldsmith , as usual , endeavoured , with high degree ; only ...
Page 246
... tion of his time : a great deal of his occupa- tion is merely mechanical . - I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes ...
... tion of his time : a great deal of his occupa- tion is merely mechanical . - I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes ...
Page 544
... tion : and nothing remained but to tell you breath is still much obstructed , but is more that I waked or slept ; that I was more or free than it was . Nights of watchfulness less sick . I drew my thoughts in upon my - produce_torpid ...
... tion : and nothing remained but to tell you breath is still much obstructed , but is more that I waked or slept ; that I was more or free than it was . Nights of watchfulness less sick . I drew my thoughts in upon my - produce_torpid ...
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