Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... means good English , and makes , " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain pros- perous member of Parliament from that coun- try ; though it has ...
... means good English , and makes , " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain pros- perous member of Parliament from that coun- try ; though it has ...
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... mean gen- teel moral characters . " " I think ( said Hicky ) , gentility and morality are inseparable . " Bos- WELL . " By no means , Sir . The genteelest char- acters are often the most immoral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give ...
... mean gen- teel moral characters . " " I think ( said Hicky ) , gentility and morality are inseparable . " Bos- WELL . " By no means , Sir . The genteelest char- acters are often the most immoral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give ...
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... means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politicks , and their whole conduct proceeds upon it . How different in that respect is the state of the nation now from what it was in the time of Charles the First ...
... means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politicks , and their whole conduct proceeds upon it . How different in that respect is the state of the nation now from what it was in the time of Charles the First ...
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