The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... reasons : ' I cannot , ' said he , defend a bad , nor yield in a good cause . ' JOHNSON : " Sir , this is false reasoning ; because every cause has a bad side : and a lawyer is not overcome , though the cause which he has endeavoured to ...
... reasons : ' I cannot , ' said he , defend a bad , nor yield in a good cause . ' JOHNSON : " Sir , this is false reasoning ; because every cause has a bad side : and a lawyer is not overcome , though the cause which he has endeavoured to ...
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... reason that women servants , though obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants , to whom a great proportion of that article is furnished , and when in fact our female house ...
... reason that women servants , though obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants , to whom a great proportion of that article is furnished , and when in fact our female house ...
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... reason for applying to a particular person to do that which any one may do as well ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , one man has greater readiness at doing it than another . " " " I spoke of Mr. Harris , of Salisbury , ' as being a very ...
... reason for applying to a particular person to do that which any one may do as well ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , one man has greater readiness at doing it than another . " " " I spoke of Mr. Harris , of Salisbury , ' as being a very ...
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... reasons for its barbarous violence , is more justifiable than war in which thousands go forth without any cause of personal quarrel , and massacre each other . On Wednesday , April 21 , I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's . A gentleman ...
... reasons for its barbarous violence , is more justifiable than war in which thousands go forth without any cause of personal quarrel , and massacre each other . On Wednesday , April 21 , I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's . A gentleman ...
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... reason to flatter myself , had consid- erable effect in favour of Mr. Douglas : of whose legitimate filia- tion I was then , and am still , firmly convinced . Let me add , that no fact can be more respectably ascertained , than by the ...
... reason to flatter myself , had consid- erable effect in favour of Mr. Douglas : of whose legitimate filia- tion I was then , and am still , firmly convinced . Let me add , that no fact can be more respectably ascertained , than by the ...
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