Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth , is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so ...
... tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth , is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so ...
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... Greek metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
... Greek metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
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... tell him he was a rascal ' ? " GOLDSMITH . " No , Sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . " JOHNSON . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . " Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not ...
... tell him he was a rascal ' ? " GOLDSMITH . " No , Sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . " JOHNSON . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . " Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not ...
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... tell such unfounded stories . " " It is , " answered he , " neither comical nor seri- ous , my dear ; it is only a wandering lie . " This was spoken in his natural voice , without a thought of offence , I am confident ; but up bounced ...
... tell such unfounded stories . " " It is , " answered he , " neither comical nor seri- ous , my dear ; it is only a wandering lie . " This was spoken in his natural voice , without a thought of offence , I am confident ; but up bounced ...
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... tell it . ' ' I think , ( said Mr. Dudley Long ' , now North , ) 1 The schools in this sense means a University . 1 See ante , iii . 253 , 254 . 3 Up to the year 1770 , controverted elections had been tried before a Committee of the ...
... tell it . ' ' I think , ( said Mr. Dudley Long ' , now North , ) 1 The schools in this sense means a University . 1 See ante , iii . 253 , 254 . 3 Up to the year 1770 , controverted elections had been tried before a Committee of the ...
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