The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thing in praise of the great historical work they are about to publish , would be impertinent - the merits of Gibbon as an historical writer have been duly appreciated ; and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to be re ...
... thing in praise of the great historical work they are about to publish , would be impertinent - the merits of Gibbon as an historical writer have been duly appreciated ; and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to be re ...
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... thing like the suppression of the true , can never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and ...
... thing like the suppression of the true , can never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and ...
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... thing to be learned from him is his account of rites and mythology ; which , though desirable to be known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors , is the least pleasing or valuable part of their writings . " 66 ...
... thing to be learned from him is his account of rites and mythology ; which , though desirable to be known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors , is the least pleasing or valuable part of their writings . " 66 ...
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... 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 , though I ...
... 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 , though I ...
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... thing to sit by : she always under- stands what you say . ' And she said of him , ' I love to sit by Dr. Johnson : he always entertains me . ' One night , when the Recruiting Officer was acted , he said to Mr. Holland , who had been ...
... thing to sit by : she always under- stands what you say . ' And she said of him , ' I love to sit by Dr. Johnson : he always entertains me . ' One night , when the Recruiting Officer was acted , he said to Mr. Holland , who had been ...
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