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Sir , that all who are happy are equally happy , is not true . A peasant and a philosopher may equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness con- sists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity ...
Sir , that all who are happy are equally happy , is not true . A peasant and a philosopher may equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness con- sists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity ...
Pagina 9
66 On his favourite subject of subordination , Johnson said , So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other .
66 On his favourite subject of subordination , Johnson said , So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other .
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His answer was , It is true , sir , that she wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written ...
His answer was , It is true , sir , that she wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written ...
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Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shown a more nice and dignified sense of true politeness than Johnson did in this instance . His majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great ...
Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shown a more nice and dignified sense of true politeness than Johnson did in this instance . His majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great ...
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... colleges are anxious to have their students appear well in the university ; and there are excellent rules of discipline in every college . That the rules are sometimes ill observed , may be true ; but is nothing against the system .
... colleges are anxious to have their students appear well in the university ; and there are excellent rules of discipline in every college . That the rules are sometimes ill observed , may be true ; but is nothing against the system .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| 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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