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" We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 321
by Samuel Johnson - 1820
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...heardatheir predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself is to detect their falshoods, and be freed from their admonitions. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know,...
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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
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to detect their falsehoods, and be freed from their ad- . monitions. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 33-34

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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Idler

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may, perhaps, listen to the Idler, whom she cannot suspect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...heard their predecessors, with incredulity or contempt. She sees that they have ventured and escaped ; and one of the pleasures which she promises herself...admonitions. We are inclined to believe those whom we do nqt know, because they have never deceived us. The fair adventurer may perhaps listen to the Idler,...
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools

William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pages
...greatly needed." — "Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit. " — " We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us." — " Neither genius nor practice will always supply a hasty writer with the...
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