Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short I had ...
... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short I had ...
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... sure he has been at Richmond ; he is sure he is six feet high ; but he cannot be sure he is wise , or that he has any other excellence . Then , all censure of a man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to show how much he can spare ...
... sure he has been at Richmond ; he is sure he is six feet high ; but he cannot be sure he is wise , or that he has any other excellence . Then , all censure of a man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to show how much he can spare ...
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... sure he is doing good with it : he is not sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do more good than a man who spends two thousand and gives away eight . In the evening I came to him again . He was somewhat ...
... sure he is doing good with it : he is not sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do more good than a man who spends two thousand and gives away eight . In the evening I came to him again . He was somewhat ...
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