The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... never read the New Testament with attention . " -I mentioned Hume's notion , that all who are happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an ...
... never read the New Testament with attention . " -I mentioned Hume's notion , that all who are happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an ...
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... never excel . " I talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , I never was near enough to great men to court them . You may ...
... never excel . " I talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , I never was near enough to great men to court them . You may ...
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... never can know they are right , but must submit themselves to the learned . " JOHNSON . “ To be sure , sir . The vulgar are the children of the state , and must be taught like children . " BoSWELL . " Then , sir , a poor Turk must be a ...
... never can know they are right , but must submit themselves to the learned . " JOHNSON . “ To be sure , sir . The vulgar are the children of the state , and must be taught like children . " BoSWELL . " Then , sir , a poor Turk must be a ...
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... never had any thing to do with the stage . " Johnson . " Why , sir , our tastes greatly alter . The lad does not care for the child's rattle , and the old man does not care for the young man's whore . " GOLDSMITH . “ Nay , sir ; but ...
... never had any thing to do with the stage . " Johnson . " Why , sir , our tastes greatly alter . The lad does not care for the child's rattle , and the old man does not care for the young man's whore . " GOLDSMITH . “ Nay , sir ; but ...
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... never have written history had not Voltaire writ- ten it before him . He is an echo of Voltaire . " Bos- WELL . But , sir , we have lord Kames . " JOHN- SON . " You have lord Kames . Keep him ; ha , ha , ha ! We don't envy you him . Do ...
... never have written history had not Voltaire writ- ten it before him . He is an echo of Voltaire . " Bos- WELL . But , sir , we have lord Kames . " JOHN- SON . " You have lord Kames . Keep him ; ha , ha , ha ! We don't envy you him . Do ...
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