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" ... retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. "
The British Essayists - Page 18
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The Rambler. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his clofet, let loofe his inv«ntion. tion, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was. thus produced without fear of criticifm, without the toil of fludy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The tafk...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 1

1785 - 596 pages
...of language, he had no further care- than to retire to his clofet, let loofe his inwention, and hent his mind with incredibilities •. a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm, without the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with lifs. The raft...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...practice gained fome fluency of language, he had no. further care than to retire to his clofet, let loofe his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm, without the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life, The talk...
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...practice gained fome fluency of language, he hadino further care than to retire to his clofct, let looie his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm, with- \ out the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...practice gained fome fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his clofet, let loole his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm, without the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The tafk...
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Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...pra&ice gained fome fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his clofet, let loofe his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm, without the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The tafk...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 1

1801 - 342 pages
...practice gained fome fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his clofet, let loofe his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticifm,without the toil of ftudy, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The tafk...
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Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 19

1802 - 510 pages
...gained fome fluency of '' language, he had no further care, " than to retire to his clofet, let " loofe his invention, and heat his " mind with incredibilities: a book " was thus produced, v/ithout fear " of criticifm, without the toil of " iludy, without knowledge of na" ture, or acquaintance...
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

1803 - 322 pages
...were willing to continue it ; for when a man had by practice gained some fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his closet, let...writers is very different : it requires, together wkh that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...were willing to continue it ; for when a man had by practice gained some fluency of language, he had no further care than to retire to his closet, let...criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge cf nature or acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is very different : it requires,...
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