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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... telling an untruth , but telling it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one who can look through a microscope ... tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have recourse ...
... telling an untruth , but telling it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one who can look through a microscope ... tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have recourse ...
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... tell the world what the world had all his life been telling him . ' 66 Somebody observing that the Scotch Highlanders , in the year 1745 , had made surprising efforts , considering their numerous wants and disadvantages : ' Yes , Sir ...
... tell the world what the world had all his life been telling him . ' 66 Somebody observing that the Scotch Highlanders , in the year 1745 , had made surprising efforts , considering their numerous wants and disadvantages : ' Yes , Sir ...
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... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
... tell a hundred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
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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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