The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... mind was so full of that kind of information , and it was so well arranged in his memory , that in performing what he had undertaken in this way , he had little more to do than to put his thoughts upon paper ; exhibiting first each ...
... mind was so full of that kind of information , and it was so well arranged in his memory , that in performing what he had undertaken in this way , he had little more to do than to put his thoughts upon paper ; exhibiting first each ...
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... mind . May , 1781 . " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new edition . It was not enclosed . Of Gay's Letters I see not that any use can be made , for they give no informa- tion of any thing . That he was a member of a philo ...
... mind . May , 1781 . " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new edition . It was not enclosed . Of Gay's Letters I see not that any use can be made , for they give no informa- tion of any thing . That he was a member of a philo ...
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... mind . " The characters by which Waller intended to dis- tinguish his writings are [ elegance ] sprightliness and dignity . " Blossoms to be valued only as they [ fetch ] foretell fruits 66 Images such as the superficies of nature ...
... mind . " The characters by which Waller intended to dis- tinguish his writings are [ elegance ] sprightliness and dignity . " Blossoms to be valued only as they [ fetch ] foretell fruits 66 Images such as the superficies of nature ...
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... mind the departments of judgment and imagination , perception and temper , may sometimes be divided by strong partitions ; and that the light and shade in the same character may be kept so distinct as never to be blended . ( 2 ) In the ...
... mind the departments of judgment and imagination , perception and temper , may sometimes be divided by strong partitions ; and that the light and shade in the same character may be kept so distinct as never to be blended . ( 2 ) In the ...
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... mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may think his opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : - " But , gracious God , how well dost ...
... mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may think his opinion ill - founded , must think charita- bly of his sentiment : - " But , gracious God , how well dost ...
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