The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Page 352
... mind . " Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , col- lected and illustrated with a variety of ...
... mind . " Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , col- lected and illustrated with a variety of ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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