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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... consider that I was deprecia- ting this man in the estimation of his Sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something that might be more favourable . " He added , therefore , that Dr. Hill was , notwithstanding , a very ...
... consider that I was deprecia- ting this man in the estimation of his Sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something that might be more favourable . " He added , therefore , that Dr. Hill was , notwithstanding , a very ...
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... consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters , which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , -which forms a separate part of his works ; and , as a proof of the high estimation set on any thing which ...
... consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters , which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , -which forms a separate part of his works ; and , as a proof of the high estimation set on any thing which ...
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... Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kindness from the Genoese . They never agreed to be subject to them . They owe them nothing , and when reduced to an abject state of slavery , by force , shall they not ...
... Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kindness from the Genoese . They never agreed to be subject to them . They owe them nothing , and when reduced to an abject state of slavery , by force , shall they not ...
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... considering that all that is to be valued , or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals , is private liberty . Political liberty is good only so far as it produces private liberty . Now , Sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you ...
... considering that all that is to be valued , or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals , is private liberty . Political liberty is good only so far as it produces private liberty . Now , Sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you ...
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... considers that by those who know him only as an author , he never ceases to be respected . Such an author , when in his hours of gloom and discontent , may have the consolation to think , that his writings are , at that very time ...
... considers that by those who know him only as an author , he never ceases to be respected . Such an author , when in his hours of gloom and discontent , may have the consolation to think , that his writings are , at that very time ...
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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...