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Another opinion wanders about the world , and sometimes finds reception among
wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular
regions , and supposes that a luckless niortal may be horn in a degree of latitude
too ...
Another opinion wanders about the world , and sometimes finds reception among
wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular
regions , and supposes that a luckless niortal may be horn in a degree of latitude
too ...
Page 343
the Whigs * , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a
Tory so ardent and determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of
different opinions . He was one of the sixteen Tories who met weekly , and
agreed to ...
the Whigs * , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a
Tory so ardent and determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of
different opinions . He was one of the sixteen Tories who met weekly , and
agreed to ...
Page 372
His opinions , as he was - 2 Nonjuror , seen not to have been remarkably rigid .
He wrote with great zeal and affection the praises of queen Anne , and very
willingly and liberally extolled the duke of Marlborough , when he was ( 2 . 707 )
at the ...
His opinions , as he was - 2 Nonjuror , seen not to have been remarkably rigid .
He wrote with great zeal and affection the praises of queen Anne , and very
willingly and liberally extolled the duke of Marlborough , when he was ( 2 . 707 )
at the ...
Page 502
He that reads many books must compare one opinion or one style with another ;
and , when he compares , must necessarily distinguish , reject , and prefer . But
the account given by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to twenty he ...
He that reads many books must compare one opinion or one style with another ;
and , when he compares , must necessarily distinguish , reject , and prefer . But
the account given by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to twenty he ...
Page 507
some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of
the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism .
About this time he published the “ Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in
...
some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of
the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism .
About this time he published the “ Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in
...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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