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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... question very happily illustrated , in opposition to Hume , by the Rev. Mr. Robert Brown , at Utrecht . " A small drinking - glass and a large one , " said he , " may be equally full ; but the large one holds more than the small . " 1 ...
... question very happily illustrated , in opposition to Hume , by the Rev. Mr. Robert Brown , at Utrecht . " A small drinking - glass and a large one , " said he , " may be equally full ; but the large one holds more than the small . " 1 ...
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... question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a translation of the holy books into their own language . If obedience to the will of God be ...
... question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a translation of the holy books into their own language . If obedience to the will of God be ...
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... question interrupted him , which is to be regretted , as he certainly would have pointed out and illustrated many circumstances of advantage , from being in a situation where the powers of the mind are at once excited to vigorous ...
... question interrupted him , which is to be regretted , as he certainly would have pointed out and illustrated many circumstances of advantage , from being in a situation where the powers of the mind are at once excited to vigorous ...
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... question con- cerning the legality of general warrants . Such a power , ' he observed , " must be vested in every government , to answer particular cases of necessity ; and there can be no just complaint but when it is abused , for ...
... question con- cerning the legality of general warrants . Such a power , ' he observed , " must be vested in every government , to answer particular cases of necessity ; and there can be no just complaint but when it is abused , for ...
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... question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he once had almost asked a promise of Mrs. Johnson that she would not marry again , but had checked himself . Indeed I cannot help thinking , that in his case the request would ...
... question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he once had almost asked a promise of Mrs. Johnson that she would not marry again , but had checked himself . Indeed I cannot help thinking , that in his case the request would ...
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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...