The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thing as it actually is : moral truth is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say , such a one walked across the street . If he really did so , I told a phy- sical truth : if I thought so , though I ...
... thing as it actually is : moral truth is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say , such a one walked across the street . If he really did so , I told a phy- sical truth : if I thought so , though I ...
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... thing . But you must consider laxity is a bad thing , but preciseness is also a bad thing ; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion week . There might be a handle for reflection ...
... thing . But you must consider laxity is a bad thing , but preciseness is also a bad thing ; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion week . There might be a handle for reflection ...
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... thing merely to show that you cannot have it . From ground that would let for forty shillings you may have a large orchard ; and you see it costs you only forty shillings . Nay , you may graze the ground when the trees are grown up ...
... thing merely to show that you cannot have it . From ground that would let for forty shillings you may have a large orchard ; and you see it costs you only forty shillings . Nay , you may graze the ground when the trees are grown up ...
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