The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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Page 84
... 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 ...
Page 199
... reason he satyrised statuary . " Painting ( said he , ) consumes labour not dis- proportionate to its effect ; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man . The value of ...
... reason he satyrised statuary . " Painting ( said he , ) consumes labour not dis- proportionate to its effect ; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man . The value of ...
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... reason for their marrying - the mechanical reason . " BOSWELL . " Why that is a strong one . But does not imagination make it much more important than it is in reality ? Is it not , to a certain degree , a delusion in us as well as in ...
... reason for their marrying - the mechanical reason . " BOSWELL . " Why that is a strong one . But does not imagination make it much more important than it is in reality ? Is it not , to a certain degree , a delusion in us as well as in ...
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