The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 3Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... heads . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding block - head may excel ; but in the ingenious and rational part of it a plodding block - head can never excel . " I talked of the mode adopted by ...
... heads . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding block - head may excel ; but in the ingenious and rational part of it a plodding block - head can never excel . " I talked of the mode adopted by ...
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... head , and thus at once freed itself from its woes . " This must end ' em . " I said , this was a curious fact , as it shewed deliberate suicide in a reptile . John- son would not admit the fact . He said , Mau- pertuis1 was of opinion ...
... head , and thus at once freed itself from its woes . " This must end ' em . " I said , this was a curious fact , as it shewed deliberate suicide in a reptile . John- son would not admit the fact . He said , Mau- pertuis1 was of opinion ...
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... head of Corsica ? ' My noble - minded friend , do you not feel for an oppressed nation bravely strug- gling to be free ? Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kindness from the Genoese . They never agreed ...
... head of Corsica ? ' My noble - minded friend , do you not feel for an oppressed nation bravely strug- gling to be free ? Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kindness from the Genoese . They never agreed ...
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