The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1965 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 207
... tell a hun dred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . ' Johnson . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
... tell a hun dred political lies every day , and are not hurt by it . Surely , then , one may tell truth with safety . ' Johnson . ' Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But ...
Pagina 309
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invis- ible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New - Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other ...
... tell , but what they themselves have seen ? Of the past , or the invis- ible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New - Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other ...
Pagina 412
... tell him a great deal about Pope , ' Sir , he will tell me nothing . ' I had the hon- our of being known to his Lordship , and applied to him of my- self , without being commissioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite ...
... tell him a great deal about Pope , ' Sir , he will tell me nothing . ' I had the hon- our of being known to his Lordship , and applied to him of my- self , without being commissioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite ...
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