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... mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my enquiries . He told me , a great many ...
... mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my enquiries . He told me , a great many ...
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... mentioned Hume's notion , that all who are happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator after having made an eloquent speech in a great ...
... mentioned Hume's notion , that all who are happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator after having made an eloquent speech in a great ...
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... mentioned that a gay friend had advised me against being a lawyer , because I should be excelled by plodding blockheads . JOHNSON . 66 Why , sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding blockhead may excel ; but in the ...
... mentioned that a gay friend had advised me against being a lawyer , because I should be excelled by plodding blockheads . JOHNSON . 66 Why , sir , in the formulary and statutory part of law , a plodding blockhead may excel ; but in the ...
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... mentioned that I had passed some time with Rousseau in his wild retreat , and having quoted some remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many pleasant hours in Italy , Johnson said , sarcastically , " It seems , sir , you have ...
... mentioned that I had passed some time with Rousseau in his wild retreat , and having quoted some remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many pleasant hours in Italy , Johnson said , sarcastically , " It seems , sir , you have ...
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... mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to console ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than our- selves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be ...
... mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to console ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than our- selves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be ...
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