The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... sure he is doing good with it : he is not so sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do more good than a man who spends two thousand and gives away eight . " In the evening I came to him again . He was ...
... sure he is doing good with it : he is not so sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do more good than a man who spends two thousand and gives away eight . " In the evening I came to him again . He was ...
Page 192
... sure and certain hope of a blessed resurrection , ' -too strong to be used indiscriminately , and , indeed , sometimes when those over whose bodies it is said , have been notoriously profane ? " JOHNSON . " It is sure and certain hope ...
... sure and certain hope of a blessed resurrection , ' -too strong to be used indiscriminately , and , indeed , sometimes when those over whose bodies it is said , have been notoriously profane ? " JOHNSON . " It is sure and certain hope ...
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... sure that he wrote Ju- nius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him after- wards ? Yet it may be urged , that what a man has no right to ask , you may refuse to communicate ; and there is no other effectual mode of ...
... sure that he wrote Ju- nius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him after- wards ? Yet it may be urged , that what a man has no right to ask , you may refuse to communicate ; and there is no other effectual mode of ...
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