Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purs- es . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ...
... thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purs- es . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ...
Page 500
... thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good ...
... thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good ...
Page 508
... thing to a cer- tainty , which before floated in the mind indefi- nitely . " BOSWELL . " But Omne ignotum pro magni- fico est : one is sorry to have this diminished . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you should not allow yourself to be delighted ...
... thing to a cer- tainty , which before floated in the mind indefi- nitely . " BOSWELL . " But Omne ignotum pro magni- fico est : one is sorry to have this diminished . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you should not allow yourself to be delighted ...
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