The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... produces private liberty . Now , sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you know is a constant topick . Suppose you and I and two hundred more were restrained from printing our thoughts : what then ? What proportion would that ...
... produces private liberty . Now , sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you know is a constant topick . Suppose you and I and two hundred more were restrained from printing our thoughts : what then ? What proportion would that ...
Page 59
... produce . " I do not find that I am likely to come back very soon from this place . I shall , perhaps , stay a fortnight longer ; and a fortnight is a long time to a lover absent from his mistress . Would a fortnight ever have an end ...
... produce . " I do not find that I am likely to come back very soon from this place . I shall , perhaps , stay a fortnight longer ; and a fortnight is a long time to a lover absent from his mistress . Would a fortnight ever have an end ...
Page 69
... produces such an effect . " Mr. Murphy 66 The passage alluded to occurs in act ii . scene 8. The whole of the scene should , in justice to its merit , be transcribed ; but the following passage from Almeria's speech is the one on which ...
... produces such an effect . " Mr. Murphy 66 The passage alluded to occurs in act ii . scene 8. The whole of the scene should , in justice to its merit , be transcribed ; but the following passage from Almeria's speech is the one on which ...
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... produced a very loud laugh from the company . But I never saw Foote so disconcerted . He looked grave and angry , and entered into a serious refutation of the justice of the remark . What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of ...
... produced a very loud laugh from the company . But I never saw Foote so disconcerted . He looked grave and angry , and entered into a serious refutation of the justice of the remark . What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of ...
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... produces no capital accession of wealth . However , though there should be little profit in money , there is a considerable profit in pleasure , as it gives to one nation the productions of another ; as we have wines , and fruits , and ...
... produces no capital accession of wealth . However , though there should be little profit in money , there is a considerable profit in pleasure , as it gives to one nation the productions of another ; as we have wines , and fruits , and ...
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