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"Prose"
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"Age of Sensibility"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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Work title:
"Adventurer, No. 95"
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Date: Tuesday, October 2, 1753
"It has been discovered by Sir Isaac Newton, that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven; but every eye can witness, that from various mixtures, in various proportions, infinite diversifications of tints may be produced. In like manner, the passions of the mind, which put the world i...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)