Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetic.
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In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At this time the task of news-writers is easy, they have nothing to do but to tell that a battle is expected. . .Samuel Johnson
BOSWELL. I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it . . . JOHNSON. That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Samuel Johnson
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
Samuel Johnson
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
Samuel Johnson
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration
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Difficult do you call it, Sir I wish it were impossible.
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