The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 272
... reason why we lament more him that dies of a wound , than him that dies of a fever ? A man that languishes with disease , ends his life with more pain , but with less virtue : he leaves no example to his friends , nor bequeaths any ...
... reason why we lament more him that dies of a wound , than him that dies of a fever ? A man that languishes with disease , ends his life with more pain , but with less virtue : he leaves no example to his friends , nor bequeaths any ...
Page 298
... reason why that should be done by me , which every other man may do with equal reason , and which indeed , no man can do properly , without some very particular relation both to the Archbishop and to you . If I could help you in this ...
... reason why that should be done by me , which every other man may do with equal reason , and which indeed , no man can do properly , without some very particular relation both to the Archbishop and to you . If I could help you in this ...
Page 349
... reason to appre- hend that he will tell many lies for himself ? " I am , however , satis- fied that every servant , of any degree of intelligence , understands saying his master is not at home , not at all as the affirmation of a fact ...
... reason to appre- hend that he will tell many lies for himself ? " I am , however , satis- fied that every servant , of any degree of intelligence , understands saying his master is not at home , not at all as the affirmation of a fact ...
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