Life of Johnson, Volumen2H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed ... mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from ...
... minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed ... mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from ...
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... mind which is always jealous of appearing too compliant . On Sunday , March 31 , I called on him , and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , which Sir John Pringle had lent ...
... mind which is always jealous of appearing too compliant . On Sunday , March 31 , I called on him , and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , which Sir John Pringle had lent ...
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... mind is subject to the same imperfection . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with such impurities , that it is necessary they should be purged or refined by means of terrour and pity . For instance ...
... mind is subject to the same imperfection . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with such impurities , that it is necessary they should be purged or refined by means of terrour and pity . For instance ...
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... minds ; but that the experience of mankind had declared in favour of moderate drinking . JOHNSON . Sir , I do not say it is wrong to pro- duce self complacency by drinking ; I only deny that it im- proves the mind . When I drank wine ...
... minds ; but that the experience of mankind had declared in favour of moderate drinking . JOHNSON . Sir , I do not say it is wrong to pro- duce self complacency by drinking ; I only deny that it im- proves the mind . When I drank wine ...
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... minds . He had a canal upon his estate , where at one place the bank was too low . - I dug the canal deeper , said ... mind . < 6 A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many , but by no means by stealth ...
... minds . He had a canal upon his estate , where at one place the bank was too low . - I dug the canal deeper , said ... mind . < 6 A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many , but by no means by stealth ...
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