The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... tell Mrs. Williams that we were coming to drink tea with her , which we did . It was settled that we should go to church together next day . On the 9th of April , being Good Friday , I breakfasted with him on tea and cross - buns ...
... tell Mrs. Williams that we were coming to drink tea with her , which we did . It was settled that we should go to church together next day . On the 9th of April , being Good Friday , I breakfasted with him on tea and cross - buns ...
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... tell of almost all the living great what they do not wish told . " GOLDSMITH : " It may , perhaps , be necessary for a native to be more cautious ; but a foreigner who comes among us without prejudice , may be con- sidered as holding ...
... tell of almost all the living great what they do not wish told . " GOLDSMITH : " It may , perhaps , be necessary for a native to be more cautious ; but a foreigner who comes among us without prejudice , may be con- sidered as holding ...
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... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
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... tell you , is a good deal . " GOLDSMITH : " But I cannot agree that it was so . His literary reputation was dead long before his natural death . I consider an author's literary reputation to be alive only while his name will insure a ...
... tell you , is a good deal . " GOLDSMITH : " But I cannot agree that it was so . His literary reputation was dead long before his natural death . I consider an author's literary reputation to be alive only while his name will insure a ...
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... tell him the right of another man ; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry . Opinion , which he that holds it may call his conscience , may teach some men that religion would be promoted , and quiet preserved ...
... tell him the right of another man ; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry . Opinion , which he that holds it may call his conscience , may teach some men that religion would be promoted , and quiet preserved ...
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