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... thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he shown it to any one ...
... thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he shown it to any one ...
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... thing and a wise thing . " I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick 99 1 The General ...
... thing and a wise thing . " I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick 99 1 The General ...
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary 228 THE LIFE ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary 228 THE LIFE ...
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