The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons : and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... mind : versed in juridical disquisitions . Could you not tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not ...
... mind : versed in juridical disquisitions . Could you not tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not ...
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... mind . If you will come to me , you must come very quickly , and even then I know not but we may scour the country together , for I have a mind to see Oxford and Lichfield before I set out on this long journey . To this I can only add ...
... mind . If you will come to me , you must come very quickly , and even then I know not but we may scour the country together , for I have a mind to see Oxford and Lichfield before I set out on this long journey . To this I can only add ...
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... minds ; but it is nothing in comparison of Ćtat . 67 . what is formed by education . We may inttance the science of numbers , which all minds are equally capable of attaining ; yet we find a prodigious difference in the powers of ...
... minds ; but it is nothing in comparison of Ćtat . 67 . what is formed by education . We may inttance the science of numbers , which all minds are equally capable of attaining ; yet we find a prodigious difference in the powers of ...
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... mind is a great art , and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise . ” Boswell . “ Should not he provide amusements for himfelf ? Would it not , for instance , be right for him to take a course of ...
... mind is a great art , and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise . ” Boswell . “ Should not he provide amusements for himfelf ? Would it not , for instance , be right for him to take a course of ...
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... mind , even where there was no name , no family of any long standing . I faid , it was lucky he was not present when this misfortune happened . Johnson . " It is lucky for me . People in distress never think that you feel enough ...
... mind , even where there was no name , no family of any long standing . I faid , it was lucky he was not present when this misfortune happened . Johnson . " It is lucky for me . People in distress never think that you feel enough ...
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