Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politics , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another oc- casion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts as ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politics , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another oc- casion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts as ...
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... thing like swearing , angrily re- plied , " He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned ...
... thing like swearing , angrily re- plied , " He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned ...
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... thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live bet- ter , but only makes them idler , and idleness s a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good ...
... thing , that he is nothing of any thing . " " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live bet- ter , but only makes them idler , and idleness s a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good ...
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