The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a judge , upon the condition of being totally a judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time ; a great deal ...
... mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a judge , upon the condition of being totally a judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time ; a great deal ...
Page 408
... mind grows nar- row in a narrow place , whose mind is enlarged only because he has lived in a large place : but what is got by books and thinking is preserved in a narrow place as well as in a large place . A man cannot know modes of ...
... mind grows nar- row in a narrow place , whose mind is enlarged only because he has lived in a large place : but what is got by books and thinking is preserved in a narrow place as well as in a large place . A man cannot know modes of ...
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... mind , and see what would become of it . He was angry , too , when catched in an absurdity ; but it did not prevent him from falling into another the next minute . I remember Chamier , after talking with him some time , said , Well , I ...
... mind , and see what would become of it . He was angry , too , when catched in an absurdity ; but it did not prevent him from falling into another the next minute . I remember Chamier , after talking with him some time , said , Well , I ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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