The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... judge , which falls from his lips with weight , and is received with reverence . What he did as a commentator has no small share of merit , though his researches were not so ample , and his investigations so 1 Johnson was insensible to ...
... judge , which falls from his lips with weight , and is received with reverence . What he did as a commentator has no small share of merit , though his researches were not so ample , and his investigations so 1 Johnson was insensible to ...
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... judge will order you to be hanged . An alleged want of intention , when evil is committed , will not be allowed in a court of justice . Rousseau , Sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sentence for his transporta- tion , than ...
... judge will order you to be hanged . An alleged want of intention , when evil is committed , will not be allowed in a court of justice . Rousseau , Sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sentence for his transporta- tion , than ...
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... Judges in India . " " 2 He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's " London and Westminster Improved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the ...
... Judges in India . " " 2 He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's " London and Westminster Improved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the ...
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... judge whether more warmth of heart , and grateful kindness , is often found in human nature . We have the following notice in his devotional record : — 66 August 2 , 1767. I have been disturbed and unsettled for a long time , and have ...
... judge whether more warmth of heart , and grateful kindness , is often found in human nature . We have the following notice in his devotional record : — 66 August 2 , 1767. I have been disturbed and unsettled for a long time , and have ...
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... judge to whom you urge it : and if it does convince 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 Works , Aldine edition , vol . iv . , p . 112. But ...
... judge to whom you urge it : and if it does convince 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 Works , Aldine edition , vol . iv . , p . 112. But ...
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Página 314 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." I argued warmly against the Judges trading, and mentioned Hale as an instance of a perfect Judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JOHNSON. " Hale, Sir, attended to other things besides law : he left a great estate.
Página 24 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and...