The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page vii
... 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 narrative , its moral influence would have been diminished ; and we submit , that in the following ...
... 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 narrative , its moral influence would have been diminished ; and we submit , that in the following ...
Page 5
... tell a thing as it actually is : moral truth is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say , such a one walked across the street . If he really did so , I told a phy- sical truth : if I thought so ...
... tell a thing as it actually is : moral truth is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say , such a one walked across the street . If he really did so , I told a phy- sical truth : if I thought so ...
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... tell him that he was a rascal ? ' GOLDSMITH . ، No , sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ' JOHNSON . 6 Nay , sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . ' Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did ...
... tell him that he was a rascal ? ' GOLDSMITH . ، No , sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ' JOHNSON . 6 Nay , sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . ' Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did ...
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... tell it . " — " I think , " said Mr. Dudley Long , now North , " the doctor has pretty plainly made him out to be both rogue and fool . " 66 Johnson's profound reverence for the hierarchy made him expect from bishops the highest degree ...
... tell it . " — " I think , " said Mr. Dudley Long , now North , " the doctor has pretty plainly made him out to be both rogue and fool . " 66 Johnson's profound reverence for the hierarchy made him expect from bishops the highest degree ...
Page 92
... tell how . Its ways are un- accountable and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language . It is , in short , a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way , ( such as reason ...
... tell how . Its ways are un- accountable and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language . It is , in short , a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way , ( such as reason ...
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