The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... attention to the sages of the law ; but if , after hearing them , they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound , as honest men , to decide accord- ingly . Nor is it so difficult for them to understand even law ques- tions as is ...
... attention to the sages of the law ; but if , after hearing them , they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound , as honest men , to decide accord- ingly . Nor is it so difficult for them to understand even law ques- tions as is ...
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... attention as a mountebank does he did not draw attention by doing better than others , but by doing what was strange . Were Astley ' to preach a sermon standing upon his head on a horse's back , he would collect a multi- tude to hear ...
... attention as a mountebank does he did not draw attention by doing better than others , but by doing what was strange . Were Astley ' to preach a sermon standing upon his head on a horse's back , he would collect a multi- tude to hear ...
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... attention , otherwise company will think themselves neglected ; and such attention is no doubt very fatiguing . He pro- ceeded : " I would not , however , be a stranger in my own country ; I would visit my neighbours , and receive their ...
... attention , otherwise company will think themselves neglected ; and such attention is no doubt very fatiguing . He pro- ceeded : " I would not , however , be a stranger in my own country ; I would visit my neighbours , and receive their ...
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