The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... expression ; he had been treated so himself , he said , till he absolutely loathed his father's caresses , because he knew they were sure to precede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ...
... expression ; he had been treated so himself , he said , till he absolutely loathed his father's caresses , because he knew they were sure to precede some unpleasing display of his early abilities ; and he used , when neighbours came o ...
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... expressed in terms so gross and so well known , I will not repeat them here . 1 To recollect , however , and to repeat the sayings of Dr. John- son , is almost all that can be done by the writers of his life ; as his life , at least ...
... expressed in terms so gross and so well known , I will not repeat them here . 1 To recollect , however , and to repeat the sayings of Dr. John- son , is almost all that can be done by the writers of his life ; as his life , at least ...
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... expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' Tis a mere play of words ( added he ) , and you might as well say , that " If the man who turnips cries , Cry not when his father dies ...
... expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' Tis a mere play of words ( added he ) , and you might as well say , that " If the man who turnips cries , Cry not when his father dies ...
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... expressed it ) desired to hear of the Punic war while he lived : such conversation was lost time ( he said ) , and carried one away from common life , leaving no ideas behind which could serve living wight as warning or direction ...
... expressed it ) desired to hear of the Punic war while he lived : such conversation was lost time ( he said ) , and carried one away from common life , leaving no ideas behind which could serve living wight as warning or direction ...
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... expressed in natural and pleasing terms . With regard to my own notions of moral virtue ( continued he ) , I hope I have not lost my sensibility of wrong ; but I hope likewise that I have lived long enough in the world to prevent me ...
... expressed in natural and pleasing terms . With regard to my own notions of moral virtue ( continued he ) , I hope I have not lost my sensibility of wrong ; but I hope likewise that I have lived long enough in the world to prevent me ...
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