The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 3Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... consider how foolish you would think it in them to be apprehensive that you are ill . " This sudden turn relieved me for the moment ; but I afterwards perceived it to be an ingenious fallacy b . I might , to be sure , be satisfied that ...
... consider how foolish you would think it in them to be apprehensive that you are ill . " This sudden turn relieved me for the moment ; but I afterwards perceived it to be an ingenious fallacy b . I might , to be sure , be satisfied that ...
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... considers how very little he can learn from such voyages . " BoswELL . " But one is carried away with the general grand and indistinct notion of ' a voyage round the world . " " JOHNSON . “ Yes , sir ; but a man is to guard himself ...
... considers how very little he can learn from such voyages . " BoswELL . " But one is carried away with the general grand and indistinct notion of ' a voyage round the world . " " JOHNSON . “ Yes , sir ; but a man is to guard himself ...
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... Consider , sir ; how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime once a week ? " We talked of education at great schools ; the advan- tages and disadvantages of which Johnson ...
... Consider , sir ; how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime once a week ? " We talked of education at great schools ; the advan- tages and disadvantages of which Johnson ...
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... consider aca- demical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain any thing more than a livelihood . To be sure , a man who has enough without teaching ...
... consider aca- demical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain any thing more than a livelihood . To be sure , a man who has enough without teaching ...
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... consider the state of life is this ; we are to judge of one another's characters as well as we can ; and a man is not bound in honesty or honour , to tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his ...
... consider the state of life is this ; we are to judge of one another's characters as well as we can ; and a man is not bound in honesty or honour , to tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his ...
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