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... and passions to which even the christian Johnson was subject ; and the pious seemed to shudder when the sanctity of the devotional closet was invaded , and the humble aspirations of a contrite spirit were published to the world .
... and passions to which even the christian Johnson was subject ; and the pious seemed to shudder when the sanctity of the devotional closet was invaded , and the humble aspirations of a contrite spirit were published to the world .
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He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him .
He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him .
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But there is surely a clear distinction between a disorder which affects only the imagination and spirits , while the judgment is sound , and a disorder by which the judgment itself is impaired . This distinction was made to me by the ...
But there is surely a clear distinction between a disorder which affects only the imagination and spirits , while the judgment is sound , and a disorder by which the judgment itself is impaired . This distinction was made to me by the ...
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“ At the age of ten years his mind was disturbed by scruples of infidelity , which preyed upon his spirits , and made him very uneasy ; the more so , as he revealed his uneasiness to none , being naturally , as he said , of a sullen ...
“ At the age of ten years his mind was disturbed by scruples of infidelity , which preyed upon his spirits , and made him very uneasy ; the more so , as he revealed his uneasiness to none , being naturally , as he said , of a sullen ...
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The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , 9 very remote . which strongly displays his spirit , and 44 THE LIFE OF [ 1731 .
The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , 9 very remote . which strongly displays his spirit , and 44 THE LIFE OF [ 1731 .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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