The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... common life . But let us attend to what he himself says in his concluding paper : " When common words were less pleasing to the ear , or less distinct in their signification , I have familiarized the terms of philosophy , by applying ...
... common life . But let us attend to what he himself says in his concluding paper : " When common words were less pleasing to the ear , or less distinct in their signification , I have familiarized the terms of philosophy , by applying ...
Page 143
... common principles upon which one can persuade another concerning it . Every man feels for himself , and knows how he is affected by particular qualities in the person he admires , the impressions of which are too minute and delicate to ...
... common principles upon which one can persuade another concerning it . Every man feels for himself , and knows how he is affected by particular qualities in the person he admires , the impressions of which are too minute and delicate to ...
Page 394
... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new ...
... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new ...
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