The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and very thinking men too , have not those vexing thoughts . Sir The philosopher may reason on the folly of this apprehension , but he will still feel its ...
... thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and very thinking men too , have not those vexing thoughts . Sir The philosopher may reason on the folly of this apprehension , but he will still feel its ...
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract , -politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract , -politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
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... thing positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value , is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks my belief , diminishes in some de- gree my ...
... thing positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value , is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks my belief , diminishes in some de- gree my ...
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... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure , a man who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure , a man who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
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... thing . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the scriveners ' company . I visited ...
... thing . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the scriveners ' company . I visited ...
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