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... reasons which , at this distance of time , it is vain to inquire , refused to receive him again into the school . He was , therefore , sent , by the advice of his cousin Ford , to the school of Stourbridge in Wor- cestershire , of which ...
... reasons which , at this distance of time , it is vain to inquire , refused to receive him again into the school . He was , therefore , sent , by the advice of his cousin Ford , to the school of Stourbridge in Wor- cestershire , of which ...
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... reason , to young men , as the surest means of enticing them to learn . What he Yet here his genius was so distinguished , that , al- though little better than a school - boy , he was admitted into the best company of the place , and ...
... reason , to young men , as the surest means of enticing them to learn . What he Yet here his genius was so distinguished , that , al- though little better than a school - boy , he was admitted into the best company of the place , and ...
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... reason on the human mind are not at all times , and on all subjects , equally powerful . The mind , like the body , has its weak organs ; in other words , the impressions on some sub- jects are so deeply fixed , that the judgment is no ...
... reason on the human mind are not at all times , and on all subjects , equally powerful . The mind , like the body , has its weak organs ; in other words , the impressions on some sub- jects are so deeply fixed , that the judgment is no ...
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... reason , if ever exerted , could not efface . At the latter part of his life these terrors had a considerable effect ; nor was their influence lost , till disease had weakened his powers , and blunted his feelings . " [ The year ...
... reason , if ever exerted , could not efface . At the latter part of his life these terrors had a considerable effect ; nor was their influence lost , till disease had weakened his powers , and blunted his feelings . " [ The year ...
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... , with great truth , " & c . This expedient failed . There is reason to think that Swift declined to meddle in the business ; and to this circumstance Johnson's known dislike of Swift has been often im- puted * 80 THE LIFE OF.
... , with great truth , " & c . This expedient failed . There is reason to think that Swift declined to meddle in the business ; and to this circumstance Johnson's known dislike of Swift has been often im- puted * 80 THE LIFE OF.
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