The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory 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 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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... Judges should decide according as probability shall appear to preponderate , granting to the defendant the presumption of filiation to be strong in his fa- vour . And I think too , that a good deal of weight should be allowed to the ...
... Judges should decide according as probability shall appear to preponderate , granting to the defendant the presumption of filiation to be strong in his fa- vour . And I think too , that a good deal of weight should be allowed to the ...
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... judge- ment , might have given you pleasure ; but when it is considered how much vanity is excited by praise , I am not sure that it would have done you good . Your History is like other histories , but your Journal is in a very high ...
... judge- ment , might have given you pleasure ; but when it is considered how much vanity is excited by praise , I am not sure that it would have done you good . Your History is like other histories , but your Journal is in a very high ...
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... Judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . I suffered him ; but I will not suffer you . " - BOSWELL . But , Sir , does not Rousseau talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . " True , Sir , but Rousseau knows he is talking non- sense , and ...
... Judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . I suffered him ; but I will not suffer you . " - BOSWELL . But , Sir , does not Rousseau talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . " True , Sir , but Rousseau knows he is talking non- sense , and ...
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... Judge , and he loves the labour . " JOHNSON . " Sir , that is because he loves respect and distinction . Could he have them without labour , he would like it less . " BOSWELL . " He tells me he likes it for itself . " - " Why , Sir , he ...
... Judge , and he loves the labour . " JOHNSON . " Sir , that is because he loves respect and distinction . Could he have them without labour , he would like it less . " BOSWELL . " He tells me he likes it for itself . " - " Why , Sir , he ...
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... judge whether they will join with him . " BOSWELL . " But , Sir , their doctrine is the same with that of the Church of England . Their confession of faith , and the thirty - nine articles , contain the same points , even the doctrine ...
... judge whether they will join with him . " BOSWELL . " But , Sir , their doctrine is the same with that of the Church of England . Their confession of faith , and the thirty - nine articles , contain the same points , even the doctrine ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell,Samuel Johnson Visualização integral - 1791 |
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