The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... nature . JOHNSON . " I do not think so a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind , I do not say ; because every man feels ...
... nature . JOHNSON . " I do not think so a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind , I do not say ; because every man feels ...
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... nature still I am ; Be thine the glory and be mine the shame . Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could shock my faith than Three in One ? ” 171 In drawing Dryden's character , Johnson has given , though I sup ...
... nature still I am ; Be thine the glory and be mine the shame . Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could shock my faith than Three in One ? ” 171 In drawing Dryden's character , Johnson has given , though I sup ...
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... nature , even for Divinity itself , to pacify the demands of vengeance by a painful death of which the natural effect will be , that when justice is appeased , there is a proper place for the exercise of mercy ; and that such ...
... nature , even for Divinity itself , to pacify the demands of vengeance by a painful death of which the natural effect will be , that when justice is appeased , there is a proper place for the exercise of mercy ; and that such ...
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