The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Page 119
... happy in the moment that was present , he answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " " 1 He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world his Life . He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished ...
... happy in the moment that was present , he answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " " 1 He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world his Life . He said , " I know no man whose Life would be more interesting . If I were furnished ...
Page 206
... 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 ...
Page 443
... 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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