The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... less his advice was asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and ...
... less his advice was asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and ...
Page 8
... less valued , as not being rare . " JOHNSON . " Nay , sir ; wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of the people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman high in this ...
... less valued , as not being rare . " JOHNSON . " Nay , sir ; wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of the people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman high in this ...
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... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornica- tion , as all men will naturally steal . And , sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornica- tion , as all men will naturally steal . And , sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
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... less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , " It is wonderful , sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money scrivener behind ...
... less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , " It is wonderful , sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money scrivener behind ...
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... less savage pertur- bation . There is a passage in lord Byron's Sardanapalus , which , though not exactly in point , yet as it may tend to illustrate what we have , perhaps , too briefly written above , and is in itself highly poetical ...
... less savage pertur- bation . There is a passage in lord Byron's Sardanapalus , which , though not exactly in point , yet as it may tend to illustrate what we have , perhaps , too briefly written above , and is in itself highly poetical ...
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