The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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... happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another HAPPY REVOLUTION . ” — I never before discovered that my friend Goldsmith had so much of the old prejudice in him . General Paoli ...
... happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another HAPPY REVOLUTION . ” — I never before discovered that my friend Goldsmith had so much of the old prejudice in him . General Paoli ...
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... happy if they miss their counterparts . " JOHNSON . " To be sure not , Sir . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of the ...
... happy if they miss their counterparts . " JOHNSON . " To be sure not , Sir . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of the ...
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... happy in a future state , but we must not expect to be all happy in the same degree . It is enough , if we be happy according to our several capacities . A worthy carman will get to heaven as well as Sir Isaac Newton . Yet , though ...
... happy in a future state , but we must not expect to be all happy in the same degree . It is enough , if we be happy according to our several capacities . A worthy carman will get to heaven as well as Sir Isaac Newton . Yet , though ...
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