The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 16
... observed in general , that missionaries were too sanguine in their accounts of their success among savages , and that much of what they tell is not to be believed . He owned that the Methodists had done good ; had spread religious ...
... observed in general , that missionaries were too sanguine in their accounts of their success among savages , and that much of what they tell is not to be believed . He owned that the Methodists had done good ; had spread religious ...
Pagina 17
... observed , that it would make a fine piece of history . Dr. Johnson said it would . Lord Elibank doubted whether any man of this age could give it impartially . JOHNSON . " A man , by talking with those of different sides , who were ...
... observed , that it would make a fine piece of history . Dr. Johnson said it would . Lord Elibank doubted whether any man of this age could give it impartially . JOHNSON . " A man , by talking with those of different sides , who were ...
Pagina 18
... observed , that being in rebellion from a notion of another's right was not connected with depravity ; and that we had this proof of it , that all mankind applauded the pardoning of rebels ; which they would not do in the case of ...
... observed , that being in rebellion from a notion of another's right was not connected with depravity ; and that we had this proof of it , that all mankind applauded the pardoning of rebels ; which they would not do in the case of ...
Pagina 19
... observed that he had heard Lord Mansfield was not a great English lawyer . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , supposing Lord Mansfield not to have the splendid talents which he possesses , he must be a great English lawyer , from having been so ...
... observed that he had heard Lord Mansfield was not a great English lawyer . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , supposing Lord Mansfield not to have the splendid talents which he possesses , he must be a great English lawyer , from having been so ...
Pagina 20
... observed that those two thousand men brought him to the block . " True , Sir , " said Dr. Johnson : “ but you may just as well argue concerning a man who has fallen over a precipice to which he has walked too near , - ' His two legs ...
... observed that those two thousand men brought him to the block . " True , Sir , " said Dr. Johnson : “ but you may just as well argue concerning a man who has fallen over a precipice to which he has walked too near , - ' His two legs ...
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