There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one... Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with Passages from the Lives of the ... - Page 17 by Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 179 pages Full view -
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