The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 5Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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James Boswell Clement King Shorter. employed in fixing the attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's Amelia through with- out stopping.1 He said , " if a man begins to read in ...
James Boswell Clement King Shorter. employed in fixing the attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's Amelia through with- out stopping.1 He said , " if a man begins to read in ...
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... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
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... attention from the misery which they suffer : but when they grow very ill , pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain.1 Employment , Sir , and hardships , present melancholy . I sup- pose in all our army in America there ...
... attention from the misery which they suffer : but when they grow very ill , pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain.1 Employment , Sir , and hardships , present melancholy . I sup- pose in all our army in America there ...
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