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... natural son were published , he observed , that " " they teach the morals of a whore , and the manners of a dancing master . " ( 3 ) ( 1 ) This , like all the rest of the affair , seems discoloured by prejudice . Lord Chesterfield made ...
... natural son were published , he observed , that " " they teach the morals of a whore , and the manners of a dancing master . " ( 3 ) ( 1 ) This , like all the rest of the affair , seems discoloured by prejudice . Lord Chesterfield made ...
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... Natural History ? " Johnson answered , “ Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the continent ; and I shall have , in a good measure , the choice of ...
... Natural History ? " Johnson answered , “ Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the continent ; and I shall have , in a good measure , the choice of ...
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... natural rudeness and ferocity . " LETTER 41. TO MR . BURNEY , IN LYNNE REGIS , NORFOLK . " Gough Square , Fleet Street , April 8. 1755 . " SIR , -If you imagine that by delaying my answer I intended to shew any neglect of the notice ...
... natural rudeness and ferocity . " LETTER 41. TO MR . BURNEY , IN LYNNE REGIS , NORFOLK . " Gough Square , Fleet Street , April 8. 1755 . " SIR , -If you imagine that by delaying my answer I intended to shew any neglect of the notice ...
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... nature does not spread her volumes or utter her voice in vain . " Do not , dear Sir , make the slowness of this letter a precedent for delay , or imagine that I approved the in- civility that I have committed ; for I have known you ...
... nature does not spread her volumes or utter her voice in vain . " Do not , dear Sir , make the slowness of this letter a precedent for delay , or imagine that I approved the in- civility that I have committed ; for I have known you ...
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... nature collateral ? " We have here an ex- ample of what has been often said , and I believe with justice , that there is for every thought a certain nice adaptation of words which none other could equal , and which , when a man has been ...
... nature collateral ? " We have here an ex- ample of what has been often said , and I believe with justice , that there is for every thought a certain nice adaptation of words which none other could equal , and which , when a man has been ...
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