Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... sure ; but it is not a great disappoint- ment . ' I wondered to see him bear , with a philosophical calmness , what would have made most people peevish and fretful . I perceived , however , that he had so warmly cher- ished the hope of ...
... sure ; but it is not a great disappoint- ment . ' I wondered to see him bear , with a philosophical calmness , what would have made most people peevish and fretful . I perceived , however , that he had so warmly cher- ished the hope of ...
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... sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety1 : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could do it . ' BOSWELL . ' Why , then , Sir , did he talk so ? ' JOHNSON . ' Why ...
... sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety1 : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could do it . ' BOSWELL . ' Why , then , Sir , did he talk so ? ' JOHNSON . ' Why ...
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... sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . ' JOHNSON . ' No , Sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy , clamor- ous merriment . I have heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a ...
... sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . ' JOHNSON . ' No , Sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy , clamor- ous merriment . I have heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a ...
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... sure it would be done3 . ' He said , that for general improvement , a man should read whatever his immediate inclination prompts him to ; though , to be sure , if a man has a science to learn , he must regularly and resolutely advance ...
... sure it would be done3 . ' He said , that for general improvement , a man should read whatever his immediate inclination prompts him to ; though , to be sure , if a man has a science to learn , he must regularly and resolutely advance ...
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... sure that acts from interest . We know what his genuine principles were . They who allow their passions to confound the distinctions between right and wrong , are criminal . They may be convinced ; but they have not come honestly by ...
... sure that acts from interest . We know what his genuine principles were . They who allow their passions to confound the distinctions between right and wrong , are criminal . They may be convinced ; but they have not come honestly by ...
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