Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 245
... mean genteel mo- ral characters . " " I think ( said Hicky ) gentility and morality are inseparable . " BOSWELL : " By no means , Sir . The gen- teelest characters are often the most immo- ral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give pre ...
... mean genteel mo- ral characters . " " I think ( said Hicky ) gentility and morality are inseparable . " BOSWELL : " By no means , Sir . The gen- teelest characters are often the most immo- ral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give pre ...
Page 253
... mean . Johnson , with all the high spirit of a Roman senator , exclaimed , " He resolved wisely and nobly , to be ... means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politics , and their whole con- How different in ...
... mean . Johnson , with all the high spirit of a Roman senator , exclaimed , " He resolved wisely and nobly , to be ... means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politics , and their whole con- How different in ...
Page 487
... means any thing ridiculous or particular about him might be presented to his view , and correct- ed . " I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . Having ...
... means any thing ridiculous or particular about him might be presented to his view , and correct- ed . " I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . Having ...
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