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" Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 157
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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Islands of Storm

James Charles Roy - 1991 - 328 pages
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This Invisible Riot of the Mind: Samuel Johnson's Psychological Theory

Gloria Sybil Gross - 1992 - 224 pages
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Johnson and Boswell in Scotland: A Journey to the Hebrides

Pat Rogers - 1993 - 368 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: A Critical Biography

Robert DeMaria, Jr. - 1995 - 392 pages
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James Boswell (1740-1795): The Scottish Perspective

Roger Craik - 1994 - 220 pages
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Early Shanafelt Family

1994 - 644 pages
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The High Road: Romantic Tourism, Scotland and Literature, 1720-1820

John Glendening - 1997 - 296 pages
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The New Oxford Book of English Prose

John Gross - 1998 - 1064 pages
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Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810

Harriet Guest - 2000 - 362 pages
...us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon...
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English Spirituality: From 1700 to the Present Day

Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 pages
...advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force...
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