The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides;Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1846 |
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... instance , he had promised you an acorn , and none had grown that year in his woods , he would not have contented himself with that excuse : he would have sent to Denmark for it . So unconditional was he in keeping his word ; so high as ...
... instance , he had promised you an acorn , and none had grown that year in his woods , he would not have contented himself with that excuse : he would have sent to Denmark for it . So unconditional was he in keeping his word ; so high as ...
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... instance , " said he , " if a Protestant objects to ( 1 ) The gardener at Ilam told me that it was Johnson him- self who had made this experiment ; but there is not the least doubt of the fact . The river sinks suddenly into the earth ...
... instance , " said he , " if a Protestant objects to ( 1 ) The gardener at Ilam told me that it was Johnson him- self who had made this experiment ; but there is not the least doubt of the fact . The river sinks suddenly into the earth ...
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... instance , and certainly not to his kindness to me . If a profuse man , who does not value his money , and gives a large sum to a whore , gives half as much , or an equally large sum to relieve a friend , it cannot be esteemed as virtue ...
... instance , and certainly not to his kindness to me . If a profuse man , who does not value his money , and gives a large sum to a whore , gives half as much , or an equally large sum to relieve a friend , it cannot be esteemed as virtue ...
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... instance how one may be deceived by what is apparently very good authority . But , as I am still persuaded , that as I might have ob- tained the truth without mentioning the gentleman's name , it was wrong in me to do it , I cannot see ...
... instance how one may be deceived by what is apparently very good authority . But , as I am still persuaded , that as I might have ob- tained the truth without mentioning the gentleman's name , it was wrong in me to do it , I cannot see ...
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... instance , may print the Odes of Horace alone . " He seemed to be in a more indulgent humour than when this subject was discussed between him and Mr. Murphy . ( 1 ) When we were at tea and coffee , there came in Lord Trimlestown , in ...
... instance , may print the Odes of Horace alone . " He seemed to be in a more indulgent humour than when this subject was discussed between him and Mr. Murphy . ( 1 ) When we were at tea and coffee , there came in Lord Trimlestown , in ...
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