The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 59
... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
Page 114
... Tell me , and tell me honestly , what you think and what others say of our travels . Shall we touch the continent ? 1 I am , dear Sir , " Your most humble servant , ' Nov. 26 , 1774. ' ' SAM ... Tell me, and tell me honestly, what ...
... Tell me , and tell me honestly , what you think and what others say of our travels . Shall we touch the continent ? 1 I am , dear Sir , " Your most humble servant , ' Nov. 26 , 1774. ' ' SAM ... Tell me, and tell me honestly, what ...
Page 293
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people ...
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people ...
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