The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... attention to truth ( 1 ) even in the most minute particulars . " Accustom your chil- dren , " said he , " constantly to this : if a thing hap- pened at one window , and they , when relating it , say that it happened at another , do not ...
... attention to truth ( 1 ) even in the most minute particulars . " Accustom your chil- dren , " said he , " constantly to this : if a thing hap- pened at one window , and they , when relating it , say that it happened at another , do not ...
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... attention to truth . " " I am as much vexed , ” said he , " at the ease with which she hears it mentioned to her , as at the thing itself . I told her , Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the highest of ...
... attention to truth . " " I am as much vexed , ” said he , " at the ease with which she hears it mentioned to her , as at the thing itself . I told her , Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the highest of ...
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... attention , and , therefore , brilliant rooms or pleasant prospects I have ever avoided . A dead wall , or , as in the present case , an Irish turf - stack , are not attractions that can call off the fancy from its pursuits ; and whilst ...
... attention , and , therefore , brilliant rooms or pleasant prospects I have ever avoided . A dead wall , or , as in the present case , an Irish turf - stack , are not attractions that can call off the fancy from its pursuits ; and whilst ...
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