The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical ...
... mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical ...
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... mind to the influence of these feelings , brings it under discipline ; and though this exercise may render it more exquisitely sensible , yet , by habituating the mind to the shock of passion , it enables it to express its emotions with ...
... mind to the influence of these feelings , brings it under discipline ; and though this exercise may render it more exquisitely sensible , yet , by habituating the mind to the shock of passion , it enables it to express its emotions with ...
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... mind is subject to the same imperfec- tion . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with such impurities , that it is neces- sary they should be purged or refined by means of terrour and pity . For ...
... mind is subject to the same imperfec- tion . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with such impurities , that it is neces- sary they should be purged or refined by means of terrour and pity . For ...
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... mind , by giving a proper circulation to the blood . " I am , " said he , " in very good spirits when I get up in the morning . By dinner time I am ex- hausted ; wine puts me in the same state as when I got up ; and I am sure that ...
... mind , by giving a proper circulation to the blood . " I am , " said he , " in very good spirits when I get up in the morning . By dinner time I am ex- hausted ; wine puts me in the same state as when I got up ; and I am sure that ...
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... minds ; but that the experience of mankind had declared in favour of mo- derate drinking . JOHNSON . " Sir , I do not say it is wrong to produce self - complacency by drinking ; I only deny that it improves the mind . When I drank wine ...
... minds ; but that the experience of mankind had declared in favour of mo- derate drinking . JOHNSON . " Sir , I do not say it is wrong to produce self - complacency by drinking ; I only deny that it improves the mind . When I drank wine ...
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