The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 68
... pleasure in life Johnson ' answered fucking and the second was drinking . And therefore he wondered why there were ... pleasures , he denied himself the pleasures of them both . For although 68 1709-1755.
... pleasure in life Johnson ' answered fucking and the second was drinking . And therefore he wondered why there were ... pleasures , he denied himself the pleasures of them both . For although 68 1709-1755.
Page 172
... pleasure : and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with himself ...
... pleasure : and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with himself ...
Page 233
... pleasure ' . Riding in the rain one evening on the Isle of Skye he had said how much he longed ' to be again in civilised life ' ; and on arriving in Glasgow towards the end of the tour , he ' enjoyed in imagination the comforts ' he ...
... pleasure ' . Riding in the rain one evening on the Isle of Skye he had said how much he longed ' to be again in civilised life ' ; and on arriving in Glasgow towards the end of the tour , he ' enjoyed in imagination the comforts ' he ...
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