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The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a
perfect reliance on the truth of every thing that he told , however it might have
been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an
odd ...
The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a
perfect reliance on the truth of every thing that he told , however it might have
been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an
odd ...
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Thus I secured him , and told Dilly that he would find him very well pleased to be
one of his guests on the day appointed . Upon the much - expected Wednesday ,
I called on him about half an hour before dinner , as I often did when we were to ...
Thus I secured him , and told Dilly that he would find him very well pleased to be
one of his guests on the day appointed . Upon the much - expected Wednesday ,
I called on him about half an hour before dinner , as I often did when we were to ...
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I told her , ' Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the
highest of mankind have died for , rather than bear .'— You know , Sir , the
highest of mankind have died rather than bear to be told they had uttered a
falsehood .
I told her , ' Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the
highest of mankind have died for , rather than bear .'— You know , Sir , the
highest of mankind have died rather than bear to be told they had uttered a
falsehood .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Henry Richard Tedder |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Fitzgerald |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2020 |
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