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Pagina 58
Sir , what Pope means , if he means what he says , is both false and foolish . In the first place , ' what oft was thought ' is all the worse for being often thought , because , to be wit , it ought to be newly thought . " Mr Pepys .
Sir , what Pope means , if he means what he says , is both false and foolish . In the first place , ' what oft was thought ' is all the worse for being often thought , because , to be wit , it ought to be newly thought . " Mr Pepys .
Pagina 64
( ' Snail ' in older English could mean ' slug ' ; but it seems doubtful if even in Scottish it could mean ' caterpillar ' . ) for baths , hot or cold , is hardly surprising 64 JOHNSON.
( ' Snail ' in older English could mean ' slug ' ; but it seems doubtful if even in Scottish it could mean ' caterpillar ' . ) for baths , hot or cold , is hardly surprising 64 JOHNSON.
Pagina 149
I have very often gone to bed at six in the morning , and rose , notwithstanding , at eight ; by which means I got many hours in the morning , that my companions lost ; and the want of sleep obliged me to keep good hours the next ...
I have very often gone to bed at six in the morning , and rose , notwithstanding , at eight ; by which means I got many hours in the morning , that my companions lost ; and the want of sleep obliged me to keep good hours the next ...
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