When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the n…

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When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay, p.229
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When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay, p.229

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