The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 6Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... nature . JOHNSON . " I do not think so ; a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind I do not say ; because every man feels ...
... nature . JOHNSON . " I do not think so ; a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind I do not say ; because every man feels ...
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... Nature's GOD , Which Nature's self inspires ? " and that Dr. Johnson observed , " it had been borrowed from Guarini . " There are , indeed , in Pastor Fido , many such flimsy superficial reason- ings , as that in the last two lines of ...
... Nature's GOD , Which Nature's self inspires ? " and that Dr. Johnson observed , " it had been borrowed from Guarini . " There are , indeed , in Pastor Fido , many such flimsy superficial reason- ings , as that in the last two lines of ...
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... natural ? " JOHNSON . " I cannot say , Sir , as we find no people quite in a state of nature ; but I think the more they are taught , the more modest they are . The French are a gross , ill - bred , untaught peo- ple ; a lady there will ...
... natural ? " JOHNSON . " I cannot say , Sir , as we find no people quite in a state of nature ; but I think the more they are taught , the more modest they are . The French are a gross , ill - bred , untaught peo- ple ; a lady there will ...
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