Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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... thought it necessary or proper , he frequently in- dulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies . He was prone to superstition , but not to credulity . Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the ...
... thought it necessary or proper , he frequently in- dulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies . He was prone to superstition , but not to credulity . Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the ...
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... thought their suc- cess in England rather exceeded the due proportion of their real merit ; and because he could not but see in them that nationality which I believe no liberal - minded Scotsman will deny . He was indeed , if I may be ...
... thought their suc- cess in England rather exceeded the due proportion of their real merit ; and because he could not but see in them that nationality which I believe no liberal - minded Scotsman will deny . He was indeed , if I may be ...
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... thought there was something in it , if there had been for twenty years a neglect to prosecute a crime which was known . He would not allow that a murder , by not being discovered for twenty years , should escape punishment ' . We talked ...
... thought there was something in it , if there had been for twenty years a neglect to prosecute a crime which was known . He would not allow that a murder , by not being discovered for twenty years , should escape punishment ' . We talked ...
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... thought an honest lawyer should never undertake a cause which he was satisfied was not a just one . ' Sir , ( said ... thoughts went slow and his words came much slower ; but a deep judgment appeared in everything he said or did . I may ...
... thought an honest lawyer should never undertake a cause which he was satisfied was not a just one . ' Sir , ( said ... thoughts went slow and his words came much slower ; but a deep judgment appeared in everything he said or did . I may ...
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... thought necessary to human happiness , —is he to be surprized if another man comes and laughs at him ? If he is the great man he thinks himself , all this cannot hurt him it is like throwing peas against a rock . ' He added ' something ...
... thought necessary to human happiness , —is he to be surprized if another man comes and laughs at him ? If he is the great man he thinks himself , all this cannot hurt him it is like throwing peas against a rock . ' He added ' something ...
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