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" They have inquired and considered little, and do not always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by others; and seem never to have thought upon interrogating themselves; so that if they do not know what they tell to... "
The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 109
by Samuel Johnson - 1818
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Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: And Boswell's Journal ...

Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 pages
...settled purpose to deceive. They have inquired and considered little, and do not always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be...diligent in his inquiries ; and the result of his investigations was, that the answer to the second question question was commonly such as nullified...
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Samuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking

Catherine Neal Parke - 1991 - 212 pages
...settled purpose to deceive. They have inquired and considered little, and do not always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be...likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false. (YJ 9: 117) Truth is a function of knowledge and a result of practice in selfconsciousness and self-interrogation....
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Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and the British Empire

Katie Trumpener - 1997 - 450 pages
...brogues, others that a single shoemaker makes brogues for all. Unused to strangers, the Highlanders are "not much accustomed to be interrogated by others and seem never to have thought of interrogating themselves; so that if they do not know what they tell to be true, they likewise do...
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Romantic Imperialism: Universal Empire and the Culture of Modernity

Saree Makdisi - 1998 - 272 pages
...settled purpose to deceive. They have inquired and considered little, and do not always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be...very diligent in his inquiries; and the result of his investigations was, that the answer to the second question was commonly such as nullified the first."...
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Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience

Frank Cioffi - 1998 - 332 pages
...not say that they deliberately speak studied falsehood, or have a settled purpose to deceive . . . They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by...likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false. (Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands) 81. Janet Malcolm, Psychoanalysis: Tiie Impossible...
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