The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... honour thee for this thy duty . " lectual difference , which in other cases of comparison of characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some men above others ...
... honour thee for this thy duty . " lectual difference , which in other cases of comparison of characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some men above others ...
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... honour , influence , without subjection to caprice . " Horace . " Hard it would be if men entered life with the same views with which they leave it , or left as they enter it - No hope- no undertaking - no regard to benevolence no fear ...
... honour , influence , without subjection to caprice . " Horace . " Hard it would be if men entered life with the same views with which they leave it , or left as they enter it - No hope- no undertaking - no regard to benevolence no fear ...
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... honour is peculiar to the great , or at least to the wealthy ; but an opportunity now offers for almost every individual to secure the praise of paying a just regard to the illustrious dead , united with the plea- sure of doing good to ...
... honour is peculiar to the great , or at least to the wealthy ; but an opportunity now offers for almost every individual to secure the praise of paying a just regard to the illustrious dead , united with the plea- sure of doing good to ...
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