The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... opinion was surely right . Men should not be told of the faults which they have mended . I am glad the old language is taught , and honour the translator , as a man whom God has distinguished by the high office of propagating his word ...
... opinion was surely right . Men should not be told of the faults which they have mended . I am glad the old language is taught , and honour the translator , as a man whom God has distinguished by the high office of propagating his word ...
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... opinion ; adding , " You do not think then , Dr. Johnson , that there was much argu- y The reverend Mr. Strahan clearly recollects having been told by Johnson , that the king observed that Pope made Warburton a bishop . " True , sir ...
... opinion ; adding , " You do not think then , Dr. Johnson , that there was much argu- y The reverend Mr. Strahan clearly recollects having been told by Johnson , that the king observed that Pope made Warburton a bishop . " True , sir ...
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... opinion : you are not to tell lies to à judge . " BosWELL . " But what do you think of sup- porting a cause which you know to be bad ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it . I have said ...
... opinion : you are not to tell lies to à judge . " BosWELL . " But what do you think of sup- porting a cause which you know to be bad ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it . I have said ...
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... opinion . when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dissimulation impair one's honesty ? Is there not some danger that a lawyer may put on the same mask in com- mon life , in the intercourse with his friends ? " JOHNSON ...
... opinion . when you are in reality of another opinion , does not such dissimulation impair one's honesty ? Is there not some danger that a lawyer may put on the same mask in com- mon life , in the intercourse with his friends ? " JOHNSON ...
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... opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Field- ing's characters , though they do not expand themselves so widely in dissertation ...
... opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Field- ing's characters , though they do not expand themselves so widely in dissertation ...
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