The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Bickers and Son, 1874 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... answer , titled Taxation and Tyranny , to his last pamphlet in his hand . He laughed at it , and said he would read no more of it , for that it paid him com- pliments , but gave him no information . He asked if there were any more of ...
... answer , titled Taxation and Tyranny , to his last pamphlet in his hand . He laughed at it , and said he would read no more of it , for that it paid him com- pliments , but gave him no information . He asked if there were any more of ...
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... answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world his Life.1 He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished with materials , I should be very glad to write ...
... answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world his Life.1 He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished with materials , I should be very glad to write ...
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... answered , also smiling , " No , no , Sir ; that will not do . You are good natured , but not good humoured : you are irascible . You have not patience with folly and absurdity . I believe you would pardon them , if there were time to ...
... answered , also smiling , " No , no , Sir ; that will not do . You are good natured , but not good humoured : you are irascible . You have not patience with folly and absurdity . I believe you would pardon them , if there were time to ...
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... answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we know where we can find informa- tion upon it . When we inquire into any subject , the first thing we have to do is to know ...
... answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we know where we can find informa- tion upon it . When we inquire into any subject , the first thing we have to do is to know ...
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... answer of Rasay , and the decision relating to Sir Allan . I am , my dearest Sir , with great affection , b " Your most obliged and most humble servant , 66 May 27 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After my return to Scotland , I wrote three ...
... answer of Rasay , and the decision relating to Sir Allan . I am , my dearest Sir , with great affection , b " Your most obliged and most humble servant , 66 May 27 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After my return to Scotland , I wrote three ...
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