The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides: James Boswell, Volume 2G. Bell, 1884 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... opinion . " BOSWELL . But , Sir , does not affecting a warmth when you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dis- simulation impair one's honesty ? Is ...
... opinion . " BOSWELL . But , Sir , does not affecting a warmth when you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dis- simulation impair one's honesty ? Is ...
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... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " 66 I have not been troubled for a long ...
... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " 66 I have not been troubled for a long ...
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... opinion : not by a certain rule , to which he can apply his intention before he acts , but by an uncertain and variable opinion , which he can never know but after he has com- mitted the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He ...
... opinion : not by a certain rule , to which he can apply his intention before he acts , but by an uncertain and variable opinion , which he can never know but after he has com- mitted the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He ...
Contents
Becomes acquainted with Mr and Mrs Thrale | 13 |
Johnsons letter to Boswell at Paris | 22 |
Conversation with His Majesty at Buckingham House 5056 | 50 |
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