The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... Truth - His Opinion on Ghosts -John Wesley - Henry Constantine Jennings and Alcibiades ' Dog - Boar of Florence - Emigration - The House of Commons - Place - hunters - Irish Language --Thicknesse's Travels - Anecdote of Sir Godfrey ...
... Truth - His Opinion on Ghosts -John Wesley - Henry Constantine Jennings and Alcibiades ' Dog - Boar of Florence - Emigration - The House of Commons - Place - hunters - Irish Language --Thicknesse's Travels - Anecdote of Sir Godfrey ...
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... truth will always 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 always 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 characters 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 characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
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... 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 . JOHNSON : Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two and ...
... 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 . JOHNSON : Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two and ...
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... truth , human passions are generally mixed , and there- fore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5 , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's church , I ...
... truth , human passions are generally mixed , and there- fore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5 , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's church , I ...
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