The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 |
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Pagina 8
... thought it necessary or proper , he frequently indulged him- self 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 indulged him- self 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 ...
Pagina 10
... thought their success in Eng- land 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 success in Eng- land 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 ...
Pagina 12
... thought that I now had him actually in Caledonia . Mr. Scott's amiable manners , and attachment to our Socrates , at once united me to him . He told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish ...
... thought that I now had him actually in Caledonia . Mr. Scott's amiable manners , and attachment to our Socrates , at once united me to him . He told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish ...
Pagina 14
... 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 punish- ment . 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 punish- ment . We talked ...
Pagina 16
... thought an honest lawyer should never undertake a cause which he was satis- fied was not a just one . " Sir , " said Mr. Johnson , 66 a lawyer has no business with the justice or in- justice of the cause which he undertakes , unless his ...
... thought an honest lawyer should never undertake a cause which he was satis- fied was not a just one . " Sir , " said Mr. Johnson , 66 a lawyer has no business with the justice or in- justice of the cause which he undertakes , unless his ...
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