The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... never make out this match , of which we have talked , with a certain political lady , 1 since you are so severe against her principles . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , I have the better chance for that . She is like the Amazons of old ; she ...
... never make out this match , of which we have talked , with a certain political lady , 1 since you are so severe against her principles . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , I have the better chance for that . She is like the Amazons of old ; she ...
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... never opened his mouth . For my own part , I think it is more disgraceful never to try to speak , than to try it and fail ; as it is more disgraceful not to fight , than to fight and be beaten . " This argument appeared to me fallacious ...
... never opened his mouth . For my own part , I think it is more disgraceful never to try to speak , than to try it and fail ; as it is more disgraceful not to fight , than to fight and be beaten . " This argument appeared to me fallacious ...
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... never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time a period yet to come , in which ...
... never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time a period yet to come , in which ...
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... never took a lesson , but one or two . My blind eyes showed me I never could make a proficiency . ' Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray : he said there were but two good stanzas in all . his works . Boswell , desirous of ...
... never took a lesson , but one or two . My blind eyes showed me I never could make a proficiency . ' Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray : he said there were but two good stanzas in all . his works . Boswell , desirous of ...
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... never minded it ; and it was a most impolitick measure . There is no reason why a Judge • From this too just observation there are some eminent exceptions . should hold his office for life , more than any THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 15.
... never minded it ; and it was a most impolitick measure . There is no reason why a Judge • From this too just observation there are some eminent exceptions . should hold his office for life , more than any THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 15.
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