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" But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing,... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson ... Comprising a Series of His Epistolary ... - Page 137
by James Boswell - 1890 - 526 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...hurt the nice feeling of honesty. JOHNSON. " Why no, Sir, if you act properly. You are not to jdeceive your clients with false representations of your opinion...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the Judge's opinion." BOSWELL. " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...judge." —BOSWELL. " But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?"—J. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the Judge's opinion."—B. " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...Sir, that is not enough. An argument ^gj. which does not convince yourself, may convince the h~v~^' Judge to whom you urge it : and if it does convince...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the Judge's opinion." BOSWELU " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or whut you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and heur tlie judge's opinion." BOSWELL. " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...judge." — BOSWELL. " But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" — J, " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the Judge's opinion." — B. " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...supporting a cause which you know to be bad ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad til? the judge determines it. I have said that you are...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion." BOSWELL. " But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...said, that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a canse to be bad, must be from reasoning, must be from your...are not to be confident in your own opinion, that a canse is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion." BOSWELL....
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...reasoning, ronst be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclnsive. But, Sir, liuit is not enough. An argument which does not convince...then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. It is his bnsiness to judge; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a canse is bad, but to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...lived in New Inn Hall. Having had no letter from him since that in which he criticised the Latinity of my Thesis, and having been told by somebody that...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion." BOSWELL. " But, sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...fragments of his conversation as I preserved during this visit to Oxford, I shall throw them together hi continuation. I asked him whether, as a moralist,...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion." BOSWELL. " But, sir, does not affecting a warmth when...
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