The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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Page 25
... consider what a sad thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANG- TON : " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purses ...
... consider what a sad thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANG- TON : " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purses ...
Page 37
... considering and wondering at the universal mystery of all things , as our imperfect faculties can now judge of them . " There are , ' said he , " innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer ...
... considering and wondering at the universal mystery of all things , as our imperfect faculties can now judge of them . " There are , ' said he , " innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer ...
Page 40
... consider the peers in general as I do a jury , who ought to listen with respectful attention to the sages of the law ; but , if after hearing them they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound as honest men to decide accordingly ...
... consider the peers in general as I do a jury , who ought to listen with respectful attention to the sages of the law ; but , if after hearing them they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound as honest men to decide accordingly ...
Page 47
... consider the malignity of women in the City against women of quality , which will make them believe any thing of them , such as that they call their coachmen to bed . No , Sir , so far as I have observed , the higher in rank , the ...
... consider the malignity of women in the City against women of quality , which will make them believe any thing of them , such as that they call their coachmen to bed . No , Sir , so far as I have observed , the higher in rank , the ...
Page 49
... considering his admir- able philosophical Romance . He said " Candide , " he thought , had more power in it than any thing that Voltaire had written . He said : " The lyrical part of Horace never can be perfectly translated ; so much of ...
... considering his admir- able philosophical Romance . He said " Candide , " he thought , had more power in it than any thing that Voltaire had written . He said : " The lyrical part of Horace never can be perfectly translated ; so much of ...
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