The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the listless torpor of doing nothing , alone deserves that name . Of this dismal inertness of disposition , Johnson had all his life too ...
... effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the listless torpor of doing nothing , alone deserves that name . Of this dismal inertness of disposition , Johnson had all his life too ...
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... effect of low spirits , or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffering those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to their minds . Some have fancied them- selves to be ...
... effect of low spirits , or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffering those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to their minds . Some have fancied them- selves to be ...
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... effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of others , we may be absolutely certain , both from his writings and his conver- sation , that his ...
... effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of others , we may be absolutely certain , both from his writings and his conver- sation , that his ...
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... effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which , I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not debilitated by ...
... effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which , I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not debilitated by ...
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... effect which London produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buz of the literary circles was , Here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . And it is recorded in the Gentleman's ...
... effect which London produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buz of the literary circles was , Here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . And it is recorded in the Gentleman's ...
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