The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 148
... nature , cannot deny it to Caledonia ” . Johnson had the highest opinion of a tavern , as a place in which a man might be comfortable , if he could anywhere . Indeed , he said that the man who could not enjoy himself in a tavern , could ...
... nature , cannot deny it to Caledonia ” . Johnson had the highest opinion of a tavern , as a place in which a man might be comfortable , if he could anywhere . Indeed , he said that the man who could not enjoy himself in a tavern , could ...
Page 199
... Nature let me know Rather than all their greatest actions do ! Whoever would deposed Truth advance Into the throne usurped from it , Must feel at first the blows of Ignorance , And the sharp points of envious Wit . So , when , by ...
... Nature let me know Rather than all their greatest actions do ! Whoever would deposed Truth advance Into the throne usurped from it , Must feel at first the blows of Ignorance , And the sharp points of envious Wit . So , when , by ...
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... nature of human self - respect to forget how this little boy , dressed in a ' right earnest ' suit of regimentals , and with his hair as veritably powdered and plastered as the best , fetched those amazing strides by the side of Othello ...
... nature of human self - respect to forget how this little boy , dressed in a ' right earnest ' suit of regimentals , and with his hair as veritably powdered and plastered as the best , fetched those amazing strides by the side of Othello ...
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