The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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Page 8
... mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time ...
... mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time ...
Page 18
... mind was turned to resolution , and never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had found fault with the preacher in the morning for not choosing a text adapted to the day . The preacher in the ...
... mind was turned to resolution , and never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had found fault with the preacher in the morning for not choosing a text adapted to the day . The preacher in the ...
Page 26
... mind to it , had made it his sole object , he might have been as absolute as Louis the Fourteenth . " A gentleman observed he would have done no harm if he had . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , absolute princes seldom do any harm . But they who ...
... mind to it , had made it his sole object , he might have been as absolute as Louis the Fourteenth . " A gentleman observed he would have done no harm if he had . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , absolute princes seldom do any harm . But they who ...
Page 33
... mind has been somewhat dark this summer.1 I have need of your warming and vivifying rays ; and I hope I shall have them frequently . I am going to pass some time with my father at Auchinleck . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " Dear Sir , —I ...
... mind has been somewhat dark this summer.1 I have need of your warming and vivifying rays ; and I hope I shall have them frequently . I am going to pass some time with my father at Auchinleck . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " Dear Sir , —I ...
Page 53
... mind with mind , or the radiation of many minds pointing to one center . Though few boys make their own exercises , yet if a good exercise is given up , out of a great number of boys , it is made by somebody . " " I hate bye - roads in ...
... mind with mind , or the radiation of many minds pointing to one center . Though few boys make their own exercises , yet if a good exercise is given up , out of a great number of boys , it is made by somebody . " " I hate bye - roads in ...
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