“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 275
... Truth will not afford sufficient food to their vanity ; so they have betaken themselves to errour . Truth , Sir , is a cow which will yield such people no more milk , and so they are gone to milk the bull . If I could have allowed ...
... Truth will not afford sufficient food to their vanity ; so they have betaken themselves to errour . Truth , Sir , is a cow which will yield such people no more milk , and so they are gone to milk the bull . If I could have allowed ...
Page 427
... truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , 2 was mentioned . John- son said , this book was in imitation of Sterne , and not of Coriat , whose ...
... truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , 2 was mentioned . John- son said , this book was in imitation of Sterne , and not of Coriat , whose ...
Page 563
... truth . That in calling him Doctor , a false appellation was given him , he himself will not pretend , who at the same time that he com- plains of the title would be offended if we supposed him to be not a Doctor . If the title of ...
... truth . That in calling him Doctor , a false appellation was given him , he himself will not pretend , who at the same time that he com- plains of the title would be offended if we supposed him to be not a Doctor . If the title of ...
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