The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 15
... understandings they excite curiosity , and some- times , by a lucky chance , bring persons of similar tempers within the attraction of each other . I was known to possess a fortune , and to want a wife ; and therefore was frequently ...
... understandings they excite curiosity , and some- times , by a lucky chance , bring persons of similar tempers within the attraction of each other . I was known to possess a fortune , and to want a wife ; and therefore was frequently ...
Pagina 32
... may influence the operations of the genius , though every day affords instances of local understanding , of wits and reason- ers , whose faculties are adapted to some single spot , and who , when they are removed to any other 32 THE ...
... may influence the operations of the genius , though every day affords instances of local understanding , of wits and reason- ers , whose faculties are adapted to some single spot , and who , when they are removed to any other 32 THE ...
Pagina 34
... understanding , till he was restored to his original situation . That a garret will make every man a wit , I am very far from supposing ; I know there are some who would continue blockheads even on the summit of the Andes , or on 34 THE ...
... understanding , till he was restored to his original situation . That a garret will make every man a wit , I am very far from supposing ; I know there are some who would continue blockheads even on the summit of the Andes , or on 34 THE ...
Pagina 35
... understanding , according to the exigence of different employments , or constitutions . Perhaps some that fume away in meditations upon time and space in the tower , might compose tables of interest at a certain depth ; and he that upon ...
... understanding , according to the exigence of different employments , or constitutions . Perhaps some that fume away in meditations upon time and space in the tower , might compose tables of interest at a certain depth ; and he that upon ...
Pagina 44
... , and softness of effeminacy . He was beautiful in his per- son , and easy in his address , and , therefore , soon gained upon my eye at an age when the sight is very little over - ruled by the understanding . He 44 THE RAMBLER.
... , and softness of effeminacy . He was beautiful in his per- son , and easy in his address , and , therefore , soon gained upon my eye at an age when the sight is very little over - ruled by the understanding . He 44 THE RAMBLER.
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