The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Ac- cordingly you see Lucian , the epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the stoick , who has some- thing positive to ...
... truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Ac- cordingly you see Lucian , the epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the stoick , who has some- thing positive to ...
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... truth will al- ways bear an examination . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir ; but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , sir ; how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
... truth will al- ways bear an examination . " JOHNSON . " Yes , sir ; but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , sir ; how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
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... truth should be told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the cha- racters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
... truth should be told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the cha- racters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
Page 13
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHN- SON . " Then , sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody at- tempts to dispute that ...
... truth was not so firm as to bid defiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHN- SON . " Then , sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody at- tempts to dispute that ...
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... truth . " JOHNSON . " Sir , he is accessary to no imposition . His daughter is in his house ; and if a man courts her , he takes his chance . If a friend , or , indeed , if any man asks his opinion whether he should marry her , he ought ...
... truth . " JOHNSON . " Sir , he is accessary to no imposition . His daughter is in his house ; and if a man courts her , he takes his chance . If a friend , or , indeed , if any man asks his opinion whether he should marry her , he ought ...
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