The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
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... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
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... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . 1 " At this man's table I ...
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . 1 " At this man's table I ...
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... tell her that her son Jervis , called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear that her son was ...
... tell her that her son Jervis , called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear that her son was ...
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... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and ...
... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and ...
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