The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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... sure , will not be always fair ; we are not sure she will always be virtuous : and man cannot retain through life that respect and assiduity by which he pleases for a day or for a month . I do not , however , pretend to have dis ...
... sure , will not be always fair ; we are not sure she will always be virtuous : and man cannot retain through life that respect and assiduity by which he pleases for a day or for a month . I do not , however , pretend to have dis ...
Page 318
... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short , I ...
... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short , I ...
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... sure he was com- mitting perjury , whereas a Nonjuror might be insensibly led to do what was wrong , without being so directly conscious of it . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a man who goes to bed to his patron's wife is pretty sure that he ...
... sure he was com- mitting perjury , whereas a Nonjuror might be insensibly led to do what was wrong , without being so directly conscious of it . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , a man who goes to bed to his patron's wife is pretty sure that he ...
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