Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... mind in favour of any par- ticular tenets , but left it wholly free to adopt those opinions , which should be the result of a rational , manly , and impartial inquiry . b 4 In 穆 In this situation he was particularly for- tunate ; THE ...
... mind in favour of any par- ticular tenets , but left it wholly free to adopt those opinions , which should be the result of a rational , manly , and impartial inquiry . b 4 In 穆 In this situation he was particularly for- tunate ; THE ...
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... minds . This , like all the rest of his early productions , bears the strongest marks of a vigorous and active mind , and evinces a maturity of capacity and judgment , that might almost enable him to rank with those literary phænomena ...
... minds . This , like all the rest of his early productions , bears the strongest marks of a vigorous and active mind , and evinces a maturity of capacity and judgment , that might almost enable him to rank with those literary phænomena ...
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... mind considered ) there is very " little reason to think he will make any figure at all . I have a great desire , I con- ❝fess , that George should apply himself to " the study of divinity ; in which way it << may possibly be in my ...
... mind considered ) there is very " little reason to think he will make any figure at all . I have a great desire , I con- ❝fess , that George should apply himself to " the study of divinity ; in which way it << may possibly be in my ...
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... mind : - after describing the variety of his occupa- tions , he adds , " Do not suppose , that I " would image myself to you as a labori- ous student , who naturally feels more de- light in reading a battle of Homer , or a " crabbed ...
... mind : - after describing the variety of his occupa- tions , he adds , " Do not suppose , that I " would image myself to you as a labori- ous student , who naturally feels more de- light in reading a battle of Homer , or a " crabbed ...
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... mind . Soon after his arrival he was chosen a member of a club , that met alternately at each other's lodgings for the purpose of lite- rary discussion . Each individual in his turn was obliged to supply the subject of the even- ing ...
... mind . Soon after his arrival he was chosen a member of a club , that met alternately at each other's lodgings for the purpose of lite- rary discussion . Each individual in his turn was obliged to supply the subject of the even- ing ...
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