The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 211
... honour bound upon his hand . But since in the army , as every where else , there will always be men who love nobody but themselves , or whom no woman of honour will permit to love her , there is a necessity of some other distinctions ...
... honour bound upon his hand . But since in the army , as every where else , there will always be men who love nobody but themselves , or whom no woman of honour will permit to love her , there is a necessity of some other distinctions ...
Pagina 285
... honour . Of the decline of reputation many causes may be assigned . It is commonly lost because it never was deserved ; and was conferred at first , not by the suf- frage of criticism , but by the fondness of friendship , or servility ...
... honour . Of the decline of reputation many causes may be assigned . It is commonly lost because it never was deserved ; and was conferred at first , not by the suf- frage of criticism , but by the fondness of friendship , or servility ...
Pagina 292
... honour and a bubble have hitherto passed without notice : " Honour is like the glassy bubble , Which costs philosophers such trouble ; Where , one part crack'd , the whole does fly , And wits are crack'd to find out why . ” In these ...
... honour and a bubble have hitherto passed without notice : " Honour is like the glassy bubble , Which costs philosophers such trouble ; Where , one part crack'd , the whole does fly , And wits are crack'd to find out why . ” In these ...
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