The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... particular subject , might en- courage sin : " I am not , " replied the venerable man , " to tell a lie to prevent it . " This wise reply places the duty of the biographer plain before him . Had Boswell been less explicit in his ...
... particular subject , might en- courage sin : " I am not , " replied the venerable man , " to tell a lie to prevent it . " This wise reply places the duty of the biographer plain before him . Had Boswell been less explicit in his ...
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... particular , and said , ' Sir , I beg to have your judgement , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very pro- perly desired to read it over again ; which having done , he pointed out an incongruity in one of the sentences . John- son ...
... particular , and said , ' Sir , I beg to have your judgement , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very pro- perly desired to read it over again ; which having done , he pointed out an incongruity in one of the sentences . John- son ...
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... particular power of mind in them in conversation . ' It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the ...
... particular power of mind in them in conversation . ' It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the ...
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... particular person , called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? ' " 6 ' The " He had a strong prejudice against the political cha- racter of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great ...
... particular person , called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? ' " 6 ' The " He had a strong prejudice against the political cha- racter of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great ...
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... particular or two , which , if he had replied to it , he might perhaps have inserted . In the answerer's pamphlet it had been said with solemnity , Do you consider , sir , that a house of commons is to the people as a creature is to its ...
... particular or two , which , if he had replied to it , he might perhaps have inserted . In the answerer's pamphlet it had been said with solemnity , Do you consider , sir , that a house of commons is to the people as a creature is to its ...
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