The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... mind , and imbecility in the common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ...
... mind , and imbecility in the common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ...
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... mind before he left London . JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books of travels will be good in pro- portion to what a man has previously in his mind ; his knowing 1 I believe , however , I shall follow my own opinion ...
... mind before he left London . JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books of travels will be good in pro- portion to what a man has previously in his mind ; his knowing 1 I believe , however , I shall follow my own opinion ...
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... mind , and in a more ornamented man- ner , than perhaps any chancellor ever did , or ever will do . But , I believe , causes have been as judiciously decided as you could have done . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well ...
... mind , and in a more ornamented man- ner , than perhaps any chancellor ever did , or ever will do . But , I believe , causes have been as judiciously decided as you could have done . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well ...
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... mind . " JOHNSON . Why , yes , Sir . " BOSWELL . “ There is a strange unwillingness to part with life , independent of serious fears as to futurity . A reverend friend of ours ( naming him ) tells me that he feels an uneasiness at the ...
... mind . " JOHNSON . Why , yes , Sir . " BOSWELL . “ There is a strange unwillingness to part with life , independent of serious fears as to futurity . A reverend friend of ours ( naming him ) tells me that he feels an uneasiness at the ...
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... mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began to suspect some delusion . " In reviewing my time from Easter , 1777 , I found a very melancholy and shameful blank . So little has been done , that ...
... mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began to suspect some delusion . " In reviewing my time from Easter , 1777 , I found a very melancholy and shameful blank . So little has been done , that ...
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