sometimes say more than I mean, in jest; and people are apt to believe me serious : however, I am more candid than I was when I was younger. As I know more of mankind, I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man* upon easier terms... The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Seite 231 von James Boswell - 1822 Vollansicht -
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