The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... opinion when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dissimulation im- pair one's honesty ? Is there not some dan - ion that the neat watches of Fielding are ger that a lawyer may put on the same mask in common life , in ...
... opinion when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dissimulation im- pair one's honesty ? Is there not some dan - ion that the neat watches of Fielding are ger that a lawyer may put on the same mask in common life , in ...
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... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an authour asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " " I have not been troubled for a long ...
... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an authour asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " " I have not been troubled for a long ...
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... opinion , were at all like real debates . The opinion of one who was himself so eminent an ora . tor , must be allowed to have great weight . It was confirmed by Sir Willam Scott [ Lord Stowell ] , who mentioned that Johnson had told ...
... opinion , were at all like real debates . The opinion of one who was himself so eminent an ora . tor , must be allowed to have great weight . It was confirmed by Sir Willam Scott [ Lord Stowell ] , who mentioned that Johnson had told ...
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