The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 466 páginas |
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... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
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... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
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... once said to me , in a pleasant humour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me , containing ...
... once said to me , in a pleasant humour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me , containing ...
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