The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
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... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . But of that we were not sure , till we had a positive revelation . " I told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it ...
... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . But of that we were not sure , till we had a positive revelation . " I told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it ...
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... reason , though a book may as well be in poetry as in prose . We understand what is most general , and we name what is less frequent . " We talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
... reason , though a book may as well be in poetry as in prose . We understand what is most general , and we name what is less frequent . " We talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
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... reason to suppose was accurate , for it was written down in his presence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson who ...
... reason to suppose was accurate , for it was written down in his presence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson who ...
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James Boswell. unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have a strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with himself . I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to ...
James Boswell. unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have a strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with himself . I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to ...
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