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Page vii
I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose , that the ...
I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose , that the ...
Page xiii
... and with a malignant industry has been employed against the peace , good order , and happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were ...
... and with a malignant industry has been employed against the peace , good order , and happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were ...
Page 10
... the nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy ...
... the nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy ...
Page 17
This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that " his mother had not carried him far enough ...
This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that " his mother had not carried him far enough ...
Page 19
The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emula- tion and comparisons of superiority , you lay the foundation of ...
The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emula- tion and comparisons of superiority , you lay the foundation of ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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