Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... truth with safety . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hundred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
... truth with safety . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hundred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
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... truth can be established is by martyrdom . The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks ; and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer . I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth , but by ...
... truth can be established is by martyrdom . The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks ; and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer . I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth , but by ...
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... TRUTH 303 Greek . Lord Bathurst said to me , that he knew that to be false ; for that part of the Iliad was ... truth , in the account which is given of almost every thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth ...
... TRUTH 303 Greek . Lord Bathurst said to me , that he knew that to be false ; for that part of the Iliad was ... truth , in the account which is given of almost every thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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