Life of Johnson, Volumen2H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... less valued as not being rare . ' JOHNSON . Nay , Sir , wherever a particu- lar character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman highly in this ...
... less valued as not being rare . ' JOHNSON . Nay , Sir , wherever a particu- lar character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman highly in this ...
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... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornication , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornication , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
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... with which his accounts of some of them started out in conversation , was not less pleasing than sur- prizing . I remember he once observed to me , ' It is wonder- 1776 ] JOHNSON'S VARIOUS ACQUAINTANCE 15 ful , Sir ,
... with which his accounts of some of them started out in conversation , was not less pleasing than sur- prizing . I remember he once observed to me , ' It is wonder- 1776 ] JOHNSON'S VARIOUS ACQUAINTANCE 15 ful , Sir ,
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... less restrained than women . Were a woman sitting in company to put out her legs before her as most men do , we should be tempted to kick them in . ' No man was a more attentive and nice observer of beha- viour in those in whose company ...
... less restrained than women . Were a woman sitting in company to put out her legs before her as most men do , we should be tempted to kick them in . ' No man was a more attentive and nice observer of beha- viour in those in whose company ...
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... less ungracious from that man , who had behaved so ill by his original libel , and , at the time , when he received the reproach he complains of . In the last article , all the plaintiffs are equally concerned . It struck me also with ...
... less ungracious from that man , who had behaved so ill by his original libel , and , at the time , when he received the reproach he complains of . In the last article , all the plaintiffs are equally concerned . It struck me also with ...
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