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 187
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to con- tinue so , whether he chooses it ...
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to con- tinue so , whether he chooses it ...
Page 278
... once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he entertained for the This praise of Sir Joshua's dinner was not a matter of course ; for his table , though very ...
... once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he entertained for the This praise of Sir Joshua's dinner was not a matter of course ; for his table , though very ...
Page 405
... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BOSWELL . ' So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BOSWELL . ' So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
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