Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... inclination ings , who have not abilities likewise to Works , vi . 275 . mbulatory Students : has long had a mind to be a man of does not care to spend much time among of opinion that few books deserve the that they give the mind an ...
... inclination ings , who have not abilities likewise to Works , vi . 275 . mbulatory Students : has long had a mind to be a man of does not care to spend much time among of opinion that few books deserve the that they give the mind an ...
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... inclination prompts him to ; if a man has a science to learn , he must lutely advance . He added , " what we ion makes a much stronger impression . dham's private diary the following memoranda e : ' I have no great timidity in my own ...
... inclination prompts him to ; if a man has a science to learn , he must lutely advance . He added , " what we ion makes a much stronger impression . dham's private diary the following memoranda e : ' I have no great timidity in my own ...
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... No man reads from pure inclination . The books that pleasure are light compositions , which succession of events . Ib . iv . 218 . ust lose his days in unsocial silence of life without occasion to enlarge on the advantages ...
... No man reads from pure inclination . The books that pleasure are light compositions , which succession of events . Ib . iv . 218 . ust lose his days in unsocial silence of life without occasion to enlarge on the advantages ...
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