Samuel Johnson and His TimesArco Publishing Company, 1963 - 128 страници |
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... knowledge , and the blessings of religion . To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impos- sible , if it were endeavoured , and would be foolish , if it were possible . Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ...
... knowledge , and the blessings of religion . To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impos- sible , if it were endeavoured , and would be foolish , if it were possible . Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ...
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... knowledge of constitutional matters when writing the Parliamentary Debates . The Dictionary shows that he had read almost as many legal as scientific books , in search of accurate definitions . The only boring parts of the Life for ...
... knowledge of constitutional matters when writing the Parliamentary Debates . The Dictionary shows that he had read almost as many legal as scientific books , in search of accurate definitions . The only boring parts of the Life for ...
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... knowledge of detail . As a literary scholar he had a few limitations , as in his grasp of social and intellectual history , which was not as firm perhaps as he wished a Shakespearian scholar's to be ; but against that he had his ...
... knowledge of detail . As a literary scholar he had a few limitations , as in his grasp of social and intellectual history , which was not as firm perhaps as he wished a Shakespearian scholar's to be ; but against that he had his ...
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