The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... truth any claim to it , the line being borrowed from an epi- gram by Crashaw . The original is much more elegant than the copy , the water being personified , and the word on which the point of the epigram turns , being reserved to the ...
... truth any claim to it , the line being borrowed from an epi- gram by Crashaw . The original is much more elegant than the copy , the water being personified , and the word on which the point of the epigram turns , being reserved to the ...
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James Boswell. character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too gen- erally supposed to be hard and severe , at least so grave as to ex- clude all gaiety . ' EDWARDS . " I have been twice married , doctor . You , I ...
James Boswell. character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too gen- erally supposed to be hard and severe , at least so grave as to ex- clude all gaiety . ' EDWARDS . " I have been twice married , doctor . You , I ...
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... truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would allow no man either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . ' Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in ...
... truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would allow no man either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . ' Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in ...
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... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shows his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shows his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
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... truth is , there was no venom in the wounds which he inflicted at any time , unless they were irritated by some malignant infusion by other hands . We were instantly as cordial again as ever , and joined in a hearty laugh at some ...
... truth is , there was no venom in the wounds which he inflicted at any time , unless they were irritated by some malignant infusion by other hands . We were instantly as cordial again as ever , and joined in a hearty laugh at some ...
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