The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... thought . This is one of the disadvan- tages of wine , it makes a man mistake words for thoughts . " BOSWELL . " I think it is a new thought ; at least , it is in a new attitude . " JOHNSON . " “ Nay , Sir , it is only in a new coat ...
... thought . This is one of the disadvan- tages of wine , it makes a man mistake words for thoughts . " BOSWELL . " I think it is a new thought ; at least , it is in a new attitude . " JOHNSON . " “ Nay , Sir , it is only in a new coat ...
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... thought it a crime ever to pray , it might not improbably have continued unobserved . ' 6 " He apprehended that the delineation of characters in the end of the first book of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand ' was the first instance of ...
... thought it a crime ever to pray , it might not improbably have continued unobserved . ' 6 " He apprehended that the delineation of characters in the end of the first book of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand ' was the first instance of ...
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... thought he was within hearing . ' " The applause of a single human being is of great consequence . ' This he said to me with great earnest- ness of manner , very near the time of his decease , on occasion of having desired me to read a ...
... thought he was within hearing . ' " The applause of a single human being is of great consequence . ' This he said to me with great earnest- ness of manner , very near the time of his decease , on occasion of having desired me to read a ...
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