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" An ambassador is said to be a man of virtue sent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country ; a news-writer is a man without virtue, who writes lies at home for his own profit. "
The Idler - Page 119
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Idler: In Two Volumes. ...

1761 - 308 pages
...his ozun profit. To thefe compofitions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither induf: try nor fprightlinefs, but contempt of fhame, and indifference to truth are abfolutely neceffary. He who by a long familiarity with infamy has obtained thefe qualities, may confidently tell...
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The Idler, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 316 pages
...Jetton's jocular definition, An Ambaffador is faid to be a man of "virtue fent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country ; a News-writer is a man without virtue, who writes lies at borne for his own profit. To thefe .compofitions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...lies for the advantage of bis country ; a news-writer is a man without virtue, wbo writes lies at bome for his own profit. To thefe compofitions is required...but contempt of fhame and indifference to truth are abfolutcly neceflary. He who by a long familiarity with infamy has obtained thefe qualities, may confidently...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...faid to be a man of virtue fent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country -, a news- writer is a man without virtue^ who writes lies at home for his own profit. To thefe cornpofitions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither induftry nor fprightlinefs ; but contempt...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...Wotton's jocular definition, An ambqffhdor is faid to be a man of virtue fent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country ; a news-writer is a man...of fhame and indifference to truth are abfolutely neceffary. He who by a long familiarity with infamy has obtained thefe qualities, may confidently tell...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 33

British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...Wotton's jocular definition, An ambassador is said to be a man of virtue sent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country ; a news-writer is a man...virtue, who writes lies at home for his own profit. To these compositions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither industry nor sprightliness ; but...
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Select British Classics, Volume 9

1803 - 196 pages
...man of virtue sent abroad to tell lies for the ' advantage of his country; a News-writer is a mail * without virtue, who writes lies at home for his own * profit.' To these compositions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither industry nor sprightliness ; but...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...ambassador is said to be a man of virtue, sent Abroad, to iell lies for the advantage of his •country." country." A news-writer is a man without virtue, who writes lies at home for his own profit. Idler, vol. 3, p. 31. SPLENDID WICKEDNESS. There have been men splendidly wicked, whose endowments...
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The Pleasures of Human Life: Investigated Cheerfully, Elucidated Satirically ...

John Britton - 1807 - 252 pages
...jocular definition, 'An Ambassador,1 is said to be 'a man of virtue sent abroad to tell lies for the advantage of his country ; a news-writer is a man without virtue, who writes at home for his own profit.' ''In time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...Wotton% jocular definition, An ambassador is said to be a man of virtue sent abroad to tell lies for the advantage- of his country ; a news-writer is a man...virtue, who writes lies at home for his own profit. To these compositions is required neither genius raor knowledge, neither industry nor sprightliness; but...
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