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Page 3
... consider how foolish you would think it in them to be apprehensive that you are ill . " This sudden turn relieved me for the moment ; but I afterwards perceived it to be an ingenious fallacy.3 1 Dr. Robert James was born at Kinverstone ...
... consider how foolish you would think it in them to be apprehensive that you are ill . " This sudden turn relieved me for the moment ; but I afterwards perceived it to be an ingenious fallacy.3 1 Dr. Robert James was born at Kinverstone ...
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... considers how very little he can learn from such voyages . " BOSWELL : " But one is carried away with the general grand and indistinct notion of A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ; but a man is to guard himself against ...
... considers how very little he can learn from such voyages . " BOSWELL : " But one is carried away with the general grand and indistinct notion of A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ; but a man is to guard himself against ...
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... Consider , Sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime once a week . " We talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and dis- advantages of which Johnson ...
... Consider , Sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime once a week . " We talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and dis- advantages of which Johnson ...
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James Boswell. our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain anything more than a livelihood . To be ...
James Boswell. our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain anything more than a livelihood . To be ...
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... consider the state of life is this : we are to judge of one another's characters as well as we can ; and a man is not bound in honesty or honour to tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his friend's ...
... consider the state of life is this : we are to judge of one another's characters as well as we can ; and a man is not bound in honesty or honour to tell us the faults of his daughter or of himself . A man who has debauched his friend's ...
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