The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
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... thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so , though I ...
... thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so , though I ...
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... thing else . Consider , Sir ; if you are to melt iron , you cannot line your pot with brass , because it is softer than iron , and would melt sooner ; nor with iron , for though malleable iron is harder than cast iron , yet it would not ...
... thing else . Consider , Sir ; if you are to melt iron , you cannot line your pot with brass , because it is softer than iron , and would melt sooner ; nor with iron , for though malleable iron is harder than cast iron , yet it would not ...
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