Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... mind , I wrote him a second letter , expressing much anxiety to hear from him . At length I received the following epistle , which was of important service to me , and , I trust , will be so to many others . À MR . MR . BOSWELL , À LA ...
... mind , I wrote him a second letter , expressing much anxiety to hear from him . At length I received the following epistle , which was of important service to me , and , I trust , will be so to many others . À MR . MR . BOSWELL , À LA ...
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... mind . " Some of the ancient philos- ophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a va- riety ...
... mind . " Some of the ancient philos- ophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and illustrated with a va- riety ...
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... mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small . Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant , ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine , which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner of the cellars . ' I ...
... mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small . Now I am told the King of Prussia will say to a servant , ' Bring me a bottle of such a wine , which came in such a year ; it lies in such a corner of the cellars . ' I ...
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