The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON . " You are a lawyer , Mr. Edwards . Lawyers know life practically . A bookish man should always have them to converse with . They have what he ...
... consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON . " You are a lawyer , Mr. Edwards . Lawyers know life practically . A bookish man should always have them to converse with . They have what he ...
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... , perhaps , that , considering the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " he justly considered as due to it . Of this.
... , perhaps , that , considering the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " he justly considered as due to it . Of this.
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... consider , Madam , beforehand , they may be bad as well as good . Nobody has a right to put another under such a difficulty , that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true ...
... consider , Madam , beforehand , they may be bad as well as good . Nobody has a right to put another under such a difficulty , that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true ...
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... consider what a sad thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do anything else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule , you must join with a gang of cut - purses . " JOHNSON ...
... consider what a sad thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do anything else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule , you must join with a gang of cut - purses . " JOHNSON ...
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... considering this life only ; and that a man would be virtuous were it only to preserve his character ; and that he expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a ...
... considering this life only ; and that a man would be virtuous were it only to preserve his character ; and that he expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a ...
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