The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , ' he also laughed with 1 See this question fully investigated in the notes upon the " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " antè , Vol . II . p . 188 , et seq . And here , as a lawyer ...
... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , ' he also laughed with 1 See this question fully investigated in the notes upon the " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " antè , Vol . II . p . 188 , et seq . And here , as a lawyer ...
Page 34
... allow it is something to please one's company ; and people are always pleased with those who par- take pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine ...
... allow it is something to please one's company ; and people are always pleased with those who par- take pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine ...
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... allow that there are men of merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . “ you are sure that practice is ... allowed to complain . They may cousider it as hard that their merit should not have its suitable distinction . Though ...
... allow that there are men of merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON . “ you are sure that practice is ... allowed to complain . They may cousider it as hard that their merit should not have its suitable distinction . Though ...
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