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" Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 267
by James Boswell - 1823
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Part 2

1791 - 814 pages
...wade on the other, by which, on the fame income, another man livei fhabbily, cannot be defined. It il a very nice thing : as one man wears his coat out much fooner than another, we cannot tell how." (To be continued. ) ALEXIS; THE COTTAGE IN THE WOODS, An...
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Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...and wafte on the other, by which, on the fame income, another man lives fhabbily, cannot be defined, It is a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat out much fooner than another, we cannot tell how." On the right employment of wealth he remarked thus : " A...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

1810 - 566 pages
...his fiercest radiance. The other is the moon with hcrfialy lamfi. We talked of war. Joftmon. Even- man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier or not having been at sea. BosTotU. Lord Mansfield docs not. Johnson. Sir, if lord Mansfield were in a company of general officers...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...which, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing j as one man wears his coat out much sooner than another, we cannot tell how." On the right employment of wealth he remarked thus: " A man cannot make a bad use of his money so far...
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - 1809 - 372 pages
...is,' he replied with a smile, laying his hand upon his heart. Dobson's Life of Petrarch, v. I,p. 22. WE talked of war. Johnson. " Every man thinks meanly...sea." Boswell. " Lord Mansfield does not." Johnson. " Sirvif lord 227 Mansfield were in a company of general officers and admirals who have been in service,...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

1809 - 570 pages
...Mansfield. The one is the sun in his fiercest radiance. The other is the moon with herfialy lamfi. We talked of war. Johnson. Every man thinks meanly...not having been a soldier or not having been at sea. HarwelL lx,rd Mansfield does not. Johnson. Sir, if lord Mansfield were in a company of general oflicers...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...waste on the other, by wlncli, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It il a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat out much tooner than another, we cannot tell how. We talked of war. Johnson. Every nun thinks meanly of himself...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income, another man Jives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing; as one man wears his coat...out much sooner than another, we cannot tell how." On tbe right employment of wealth he remarked thus: " A man cannot make a bad use of bis money so far...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...and waste on the other, by which, on the eame income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat...cannot tell how. We talked of war. Johnson. Every mun thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Boswell. Lord...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat...out much sooner than another, we cannot tell how." He advised Dr. Maxwell, if possible, to have a good orchard. " He knew," he said, " a clergyman of...
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