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... and continue it with subtilty , must , after long expense of thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us .
... and continue it with subtilty , must , after long expense of thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us .
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To those who have nothing in their thoughts but trade or policy , present power , or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the ...
To those who have nothing in their thoughts but trade or policy , present power , or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the ...
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Johnson said , he thought he had already done his part as a writer . I should have thought so too , said the king , if you had not written so well . Johnson observed to me , upon this , that No man could have paid a ...
Johnson said , he thought he had already done his part as a writer . I should have thought so too , said the king , if you had not written so well . Johnson observed to me , upon this , that No man could have paid a ...
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His majesty then asked him what he thought of lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , Why , " said the king ...
His majesty then asked him what he thought of lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , Why , " said the king ...
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... soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768. - Goldsmith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , howIn the spring of this year , having published my Account ÆTAT . 58. ] DR . JOHNSON .
... soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768. - Goldsmith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , howIn the spring of this year , having published my Account ÆTAT . 58. ] DR . JOHNSON .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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