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This letter produced the following answer , which I found on my arrival at Paris . A MR . MR . BOSWELL , CHEZ MR . WATERS , BANQUIER , A PARIS . “ DEAR SIR , —Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons ...
This letter produced the following answer , which I found on my arrival at Paris . A MR . MR . BOSWELL , CHEZ MR . WATERS , BANQUIER , A PARIS . “ DEAR SIR , —Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons ...
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He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished ...
He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished ...
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But as I could hardly venture to quote fragments of old law to so classical a man as Mr. Johnson , I have not made an accurate search into these remains , to find examples of what I am able to produce in poetical composition , We find ...
But as I could hardly venture to quote fragments of old law to so classical a man as Mr. Johnson , I have not made an accurate search into these remains , to find examples of what I am able to produce in poetical composition , We find ...
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He that voluntarily con- tinues ignorance , is guilty of all the crimes which igno- rance produces ; as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the cala- mities of shipwrecks .
He that voluntarily con- tinues ignorance , is guilty of all the crimes which igno- rance produces ; as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the cala- mities of shipwrecks .
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however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance has long been tried , and has not produced the consequence expected . Let knowledge , therefore , take its turn ; and let the patrons of privation stand a while aside , and admit ...
however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance has long been tried , and has not produced the consequence expected . Let knowledge , therefore , take its turn ; and let the patrons of privation stand a while aside , and admit ...
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 van The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Auteur | James Boswell |
| Uitgever | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 juni 2007 |
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