The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Band 3G. Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909 |
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... thing and not to another . Robertson said one man had more judgment , another more imagination . — JoHNSON : “ No , sir ... things , each of which would have served a noted wit ( whom he named ) to live upon for a twelvemonth . I find ...
... thing and not to another . Robertson said one man had more judgment , another more imagination . — JoHNSON : “ No , sir ... things , each of which would have served a noted wit ( whom he named ) to live upon for a twelvemonth . I find ...
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... thing , blowing smoke out of our mouths , into other people's mouths , eyes , and noses , and having the same thing done to us . Yet I cannot account why a thing which requires so little exertion , and yet preserves the mind from total ...
... thing , blowing smoke out of our mouths , into other people's mouths , eyes , and noses , and having the same thing done to us . Yet I cannot account why a thing which requires so little exertion , and yet preserves the mind from total ...
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... things , then , which we are sure are true , that you will not believe . What principle is there why a loadstone attracts iron ; why an egg produces a chicken by heat ; why a tree grows upwards , when the natural tendency of all things ...
... things , then , which we are sure are true , that you will not believe . What principle is there why a loadstone attracts iron ; why an egg produces a chicken by heat ; why a tree grows upwards , when the natural tendency of all things ...
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Sir George Mackenzie Mr Burkes wit knowledge and elo | 18 |
Ogden on Prayer Aphoristic writing Edinburgh surveyed | 28 |
Dr Watson Literature and patronage Writing and conversation | 37 |
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