The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... less pleasing to others.1 Wine gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the com- pany has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been ...
... less pleasing to others.1 Wine gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the com- pany has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been ...
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... less hurt to be sober , than it would do me to get drunk . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; and from what I have heard of him , one would not wish to sacrifice himself to such a man . If he must always have somebody to drink with him , he ...
... less hurt to be sober , than it would do me to get drunk . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; and from what I have heard of him , one would not wish to sacrifice himself to such a man . If he must always have somebody to drink with him , he ...
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... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
Pàgina 48
... less firm at one time than another ; but I think , a man's being in a good or bad humour depends upon his will . " I , however , could not help thinking that a man's humour is often uncon- trollable by his will . Johnson harangued ...
... less firm at one time than another ; but I think , a man's being in a good or bad humour depends upon his will . " I , however , could not help thinking that a man's humour is often uncon- trollable by his will . Johnson harangued ...
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... less attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imagi- nary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of ...
... less attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imagi- nary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of ...
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