Anecdotes of Samuel JohnsonUniversity Press, 1932 - 196 oldal |
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31. oldal
... acquaintance joined in familiar chat may say a thousand things , which ( as the phrase is ) pass well enough at the time , though they cannot stand the test of critical examination ; and as all talk beyond that which is necessary to the ...
... acquaintance joined in familiar chat may say a thousand things , which ( as the phrase is ) pass well enough at the time , though they cannot stand the test of critical examination ; and as all talk beyond that which is necessary to the ...
73. oldal
... acquaintance too was one day exclaiming against the tediousness of the law and its partiality ; " Let us hear , Sir ( said Johnson ) , no general abuse ; the law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the ...
... acquaintance too was one day exclaiming against the tediousness of the law and its partiality ; " Let us hear , Sir ( said Johnson ) , no general abuse ; the law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the ...
173. oldal
... acquaintance , who had some reasons against such a mode of obligation , which you might have known but for that superfluous cunning which you think an elegance . Oh ! never be seduced by such silly pretences ( continued he ) ; if a ...
... acquaintance , who had some reasons against such a mode of obligation , which you might have known but for that superfluous cunning which you think an elegance . Oh ! never be seduced by such silly pretences ( continued he ) ; if a ...
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