The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... 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 you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion , when ...
... 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 you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion , when ...
Page 344
... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an authour asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " " I have not been troubled for a long ...
... opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an authour asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion . " " I have not been troubled for a long ...
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... opinion : not by a certain rule to which he can apply his intention before he acts , but by an uncertain and variable opinion , which he can never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives ...
... opinion : not by a certain rule to which he can apply his intention before he acts , but by an uncertain and variable opinion , which he can never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives ...
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