Life of Johnson, Volúmenes1-2Oxford University Press, 1942 |
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... thing and a wise thing . ' ' I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick satisfaction . A man ...
... thing and a wise thing . ' ' I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick satisfaction . A man ...
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
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... thing as it actually is . Moral truth , is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely 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 , though I ...
... thing as it actually is . Moral truth , is , when you tell a thing sin- cerely 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 , though I ...
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DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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