The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does con- vince him , why , then , Sir , you are wrong , and he is right . It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad , but to say all you ...
... judge to whom you urge it ; and if it does con- vince him , why , then , Sir , you are wrong , and he is right . It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad , but to say all you ...
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... judge in the parish ; and of his piety not less a judge than others ; and is more likely to enquire minutely and diligently before he gives a presentation , than one of the parochial rabble , who can give nothing but a vote . It may be ...
... judge in the parish ; and of his piety not less a judge than others ; and is more likely to enquire minutely and diligently before he gives a presentation , than one of the parochial rabble , who can give nothing but a vote . It may be ...
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... judge should hold his office for life , more than any other person in public trust . A judge may be partial otherwise than to the Crown : we have seen judges partial to the populace . A judge may become corrupt , and yet there may not ...
... judge should hold his office for life , more than any other person in public trust . A judge may be partial otherwise than to the Crown : we have seen judges partial to the populace . A judge may become corrupt , and yet there may not ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
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