The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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Page xxxiii
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford , though malignity ...
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford , though malignity ...
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... tell . Some squabbles about copyright had warned him that he must not avail himself of their publications ; and he was on such bad terms with his rival biographers that he could not expect any assistance or countenance from them . He ...
... tell . Some squabbles about copyright had warned him that he must not avail himself of their publications ; and he was on such bad terms with his rival biographers that he could not expect any assistance or countenance from them . He ...
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... tell a child , if you do thus or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
... tell a child , if you do thus or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
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... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
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... tell her that her son Jervis called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and , without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear her son was below ...
... tell her that her son Jervis called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and , without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear her son was below ...
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