Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... Reason . We may take Fancy for a companion , but must follow Reason as our guide . We may allow Fancy to suggest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places ...
... Reason . We may take Fancy for a companion , but must follow Reason as our guide . We may allow Fancy to suggest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places ...
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... reason for their mar- rying - the mechanical reason . " BOSWELL . " Why , that is a strong one . But does not imagination make it much more important than it is in re- ality ? Is it not , to a certain degree , a delusion in us as well ...
... reason for their mar- rying - the mechanical reason . " BOSWELL . " Why , that is a strong one . But does not imagination make it much more important than it is in re- ality ? Is it not , to a certain degree , a delusion in us as well ...
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... reason for it ; but that will not make it right . You may have a reason why two and two should make five ; but they will still make but four . " Although I was several times with him in the course of the following days such it seems ...
... reason for it ; but that will not make it right . You may have a reason why two and two should make five ; but they will still make but four . " Although I was several times with him in the course of the following days such it seems ...
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