| James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...thing, and not to another. Robertson said, one man had more judgment, another more imagination. JOHNSON. "No, Sir; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...DIFFERENT FORMS OF MIND. Robertson said one man had more judgment, another more imagination. Johnson, No, sir; it is only one man has more mind than another. He may direct it differently; he may by accident see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Crawford Ledlie Carson - 1868 - 630 pages
...man," said Dr .Robertson, " had more judgment, another more imagination." "No, sir," replied Johnson, " it is only one man has more mind than another. He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 544 pages
...and not to another. Robertson said. one man had more judgment, another more imagination. JOHNSON. " No, Sir ; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Boswell - 1885 - 454 pages
...not to another. Robertson said one man had more judgment, another more imagination. — JOHNSON : " No, sir ; it is only one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 480 pages
...and not to another. Robertson said, one man had more judgment, another more imagination. JOHNSON. " No, Sir ; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 558 pages
...and not to another. Robertson said, one man had more judgment, another more imagination. JOHNSON. " No, Sir ; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| George Henry Lewes - 1891 - 188 pages
...imagination as, em1 " Robertson said, one man had more judgment, another more imagination. Johnson : ' No, sir ; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that, had Sir... | |
| JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...and not to another. Robertson said, one man had more judgment, another more imagination. JOHNSON. " No, Sir ; it is only, one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that had Sir... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pages
...and not to another. Robertson said, one man had more judgement, another more imagination. JOHNSON. " No, Sir ; it is only one man has more mind than another....He may direct it differently ; he may, by accident, see the success of one kind of study, and take a desire to excel in it. I am persuaded that, had Sir... | |
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