The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... sentiment of Plato , who rejoiced that he was born a man rather than a woman ; proclaimed her approbation of Swift's opinion , that women are only a higher species of monkeys ; and confessed , that when she considered the behaviour , or ...
... sentiment of Plato , who rejoiced that he was born a man rather than a woman ; proclaimed her approbation of Swift's opinion , that women are only a higher species of monkeys ; and confessed , that when she considered the behaviour , or ...
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... sentiments , or the smallest transgression of her commands . Time might indeed cure this species of pride in a mind not naturally undiscerning , and vitiated only by false representations ; but the oper- ations of time are slow ; and I ...
... sentiments , or the smallest transgression of her commands . Time might indeed cure this species of pride in a mind not naturally undiscerning , and vitiated only by false representations ; but the oper- ations of time are slow ; and I ...
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... sentiments or conversation , and had made no addition to the notions which she had brought from the precincts of Cornhill . She was , therefore , always recounting the glories of the city ; enumerating the succession of mayors ...
... sentiments or conversation , and had made no addition to the notions which she had brought from the precincts of Cornhill . She was , therefore , always recounting the glories of the city ; enumerating the succession of mayors ...
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... sentiment in a thin ether , as water , though not very hot , boils in a receiver partly exhausted ; and heads , in appear- ance empty , have teemed with notions upon rising ground , as the flaccid sides of a football would have swelled ...
... sentiment in a thin ether , as water , though not very hot , boils in a receiver partly exhausted ; and heads , in appear- ance empty , have teemed with notions upon rising ground , as the flaccid sides of a football would have swelled ...
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... sentiments of one who has been subject for many years to all the hardships of antiquated virginity ; has been long accustomed to the coldness of neglect , and the petulance of insult ; has been mortified in full assemblies by inquiries ...
... sentiments of one who has been subject for many years to all the hardships of antiquated virginity ; has been long accustomed to the coldness of neglect , and the petulance of insult ; has been mortified in full assemblies by inquiries ...
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