Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 7
... truth of them when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to pre ...
... truth of them when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his opponent . Accordingly you see in Lucian , the Epicurean , who argues only negatively , keeps his temper ; the Stoick , who has something positive to pre ...
Stran 8
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON . Yes , Sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , Sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
... truth will always bear an examination . ' JOHNSON . Yes , Sir , but it is painful to be forced to defend it . Consider , Sir , how should you like , though conscious of your innocence , to be tried before a jury for a capital crime ...
Stran 9
... truth ; the English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accord- ingly in general they are held no longer than till an oppor- tunity ...
... truth ; the English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accord- ingly in general they are held no longer than till an oppor- tunity ...
Stran 10
... truth should be told , than that indi- viduals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
... truth should be told , than that indi- viduals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in ...
Stran 12
... truth was not so firm as to bid de- fiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two ...
... truth was not so firm as to bid de- fiance to all attacks , so that it might be shot at as much as people chose to attempt , and yet remain unhurt . JOHNSON . Then , Sir , it would not be shot at . Nobody attempts to dispute that two ...
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