The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great mas- ter of nature , has not forgotten , in his ac- count of Catiline , to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indi- cation of a mind revolving with violent ...
... publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great mas- ter of nature , has not forgotten , in his ac- count of Catiline , to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indi- cation of a mind revolving with violent ...
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... publick for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph 1 in a newspaper published by him , which Gold- smith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of his acquaintance . The apology was written so much in Dr. Johnson's ...
... publick for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph 1 in a newspaper published by him , which Gold- smith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of his acquaintance . The apology was written so much in Dr. Johnson's ...
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... publick ? " JOHNSON . " Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution : he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , sir , you know courage is reck- oned the greatest of all ...
... publick ? " JOHNSON . " Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution : he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , sir , you know courage is reck- oned the greatest of all ...
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