The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... thing . " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's ...
... thing . " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's ...
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... thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man ... things , that you may have a laugh when you will . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , it is better that I forget them , that I ...
... thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man ... things , that you may have a laugh when you will . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , it is better that I forget them , that I ...
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... thing that I remember . I saw quite a different system of life . " like to make the same journey again . " BOSWELL . " You would not JOHNSON . " Why no , Sir ; colouring ; and colouring is of much effect in every thing else as well as ...
... thing that I remember . I saw quite a different system of life . " like to make the same journey again . " BOSWELL . " You would not JOHNSON . " Why no , Sir ; colouring ; and colouring is of much effect in every thing else as well as ...
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... thing else are different . " JOHNSON . “ Yes , argued that this was an improvement .- ' No , Sir , ( said he , eagerly , ) it is not an im- provement ; they object , that the old method drew together a number of spectators . Sir ...
... thing else are different . " JOHNSON . “ Yes , argued that this was an improvement .- ' No , Sir , ( said he , eagerly , ) it is not an im- provement ; they object , that the old method drew together a number of spectators . Sir ...
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... thing for which your friends think you fit . . You will become an able negotiator , a very young rascal . No one in Ire- land wears even the mask of incorruption . No one professes to do for sixpence what he can get a shilling for doing ...
... thing for which your friends think you fit . . You will become an able negotiator , a very young rascal . No one in Ire- land wears even the mask of incorruption . No one professes to do for sixpence what he can get a shilling for doing ...
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