Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... speaking of Hume , and per- haps of Gibbon , says : — ' When a man voluntarily engages in an im- portant controversy , he is to do all he can to lessen his antagonist , because authority from personal respect has much weight with most ...
... speaking of Hume , and per- haps of Gibbon , says : — ' When a man voluntarily engages in an im- portant controversy , he is to do all he can to lessen his antagonist , because authority from personal respect has much weight with most ...
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... speaking at this end of the table , he'll speak to somebody at the other end . Burke , Sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first sallies of the moment , not justifying the encomium which , they think with me , he ...
... speaking at this end of the table , he'll speak to somebody at the other end . Burke , Sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first sallies of the moment , not justifying the encomium which , they think with me , he ...
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... speak through . ' Dalrym- ple points out that it was a belief in these answers from the Lord ' that led John Balfour and his comrades to murder Archbishop Sharp . R. Chambers , in his Traditions , speaking of the time of Johnson's visit ...
... speak through . ' Dalrym- ple points out that it was a belief in these answers from the Lord ' that led John Balfour and his comrades to murder Archbishop Sharp . R. Chambers , in his Traditions , speaking of the time of Johnson's visit ...
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... speak . Dr. Johnson treated this with ridicule . Mr. Crosbie said , that Lord Monboddo believed the existence of every thing possible ; in short , that all which is in posse might be found in esse . JOHNSON . But , Sir , it is as ...
... speak . Dr. Johnson treated this with ridicule . Mr. Crosbie said , that Lord Monboddo believed the existence of every thing possible ; in short , that all which is in posse might be found in esse . JOHNSON . But , Sir , it is as ...
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... speaking of the King and Mlle . de La Vallière ( not Valiere , as Lord Hailes wrote her name ) , says : — ' Il goûta avec elle le bonheur rare d'être aimé unique- ment pour lui - même . ' Siècle de Louis XIV , ch . 25. He describes her ...
... speaking of the King and Mlle . de La Vallière ( not Valiere , as Lord Hailes wrote her name ) , says : — ' Il goûta avec elle le bonheur rare d'être aimé unique- ment pour lui - même . ' Siècle de Louis XIV , ch . 25. He describes her ...
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