The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... now . " JOHNSON ( who never liked to think of being old ) : " Don't let us discourage one another . " EDWARDS : Why , Doctor , you look stout and hearty . I am happy to see you so ; for the newspapers told us AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
... now . " JOHNSON ( who never liked to think of being old ) : " Don't let us discourage one another . " EDWARDS : Why , Doctor , you look stout and hearty . I am happy to see you so ; for the newspapers told us AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
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... happy to mention another instance which I dis- covered , of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and ...
... happy to mention another instance which I dis- covered , of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and ...
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... happy man ; a miser who gives himself wholly to the one passion of saving . " JOHNSON : " That is flying in the face of all the world , who have called an avaricious man a miser , because he is miserable . No , Sir ; a man who both ...
... happy man ; a miser who gives himself wholly to the one passion of saving . " JOHNSON : " That is flying in the face of all the world , who have called an avaricious man a miser , because he is miserable . No , Sir ; a man who both ...
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... happy gift of nature . JOHNSON : " I do not think so ; a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind , I do not say ; because ...
... happy gift of nature . JOHNSON : " I do not think so ; a man has from nature a certain portion of mind ; the use he makes of it depends upon his own free will . That a man has always the same firmness of mind , I do not say ; because ...
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... happy in the arms of a chamber - maid as of a duchess . But such is the adventitious charm of fancy , that we find men who have violated the best principles of society , and ruined their fame and their fortune , that they might possess ...
... happy in the arms of a chamber - maid as of a duchess . But such is the adventitious charm of fancy , that we find men who have violated the best principles of society , and ruined their fame and their fortune , that they might possess ...
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