The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... sure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must always end in pain ; and pleasure , which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain , can never be such as a worthy mind can fully delight in ...
... sure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must always end in pain ; and pleasure , which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain , can never be such as a worthy mind can fully delight in ...
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... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
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... sure he was committing perjury , whereas a Non- juror 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 committing perjury , whereas a Non- juror 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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... sure , wonderfully free from that nationality : but so it happens , that you employ the only Scotch shoe - black in London . " He imitated the manner of his old master with ludicrous exaggeration ; repeating , with pauses and half ...
... sure , wonderfully free from that nationality : but so it happens , that you employ the only Scotch shoe - black in London . " He imitated the manner of his old master with ludicrous exaggeration ; repeating , with pauses and half ...
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... sure . There is no reason why a Judge should hold his office for life , more than any other person in pub- lick trust . A Judge may be partial otherwise than to the Crown : we have seen Judges partial to the populace . A Judge may ...
... sure . There is no reason why a Judge should hold his office for life , more than any other person in pub- lick trust . A Judge may be partial otherwise than to the Crown : we have seen Judges partial to the populace . A Judge may ...
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