Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Barnes & Noble, 1966 - 488 pages |
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... reasons than I need here mention , to suspect that this man might find and make an ill use of the book , I put it , and ... reason for it is , that the transaction which so disturbed him may possibly be better known than the motives that ...
... reasons than I need here mention , to suspect that this man might find and make an ill use of the book , I put it , and ... reason for it is , that the transaction which so disturbed him may possibly be better known than the motives that ...
Page 266
... reason the gothick dignity of his Aspect , his look and manner , when repeating sublime passages . But what was very remarkable , though his cadence in reading poetry was so judiciously emphatical as to give a double force to the words ...
... reason the gothick dignity of his Aspect , his look and manner , when repeating sublime passages . But what was very remarkable , though his cadence in reading poetry was so judiciously emphatical as to give a double force to the words ...
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... Reason ; by both I should have thought , had I not so often . heard him say , That ' Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature . ' Not what may be call'd his second Nature , evil habits , & c . , but his Nature ...
... Reason ; by both I should have thought , had I not so often . heard him say , That ' Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature . ' Not what may be call'd his second Nature , evil habits , & c . , but his Nature ...
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Apophthegms c from Hawkinss Edition of Johnsons Works | 21 |
Anecdotes from the Rev Dr Thomas Campbells Diary of a Visit | 39 |
Anecdotes from Penningtons Memoirs of Mrs Carter | 58 |
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