Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... ambitious of literary fame , is at least equally certain . His genius prompted him what he could do , and told him that in the famous Doctor he had a subject made for his hand . Like Fred Bayham he felt he was INTRODUCTION xiii.
... ambitious of literary fame , is at least equally certain . His genius prompted him what he could do , and told him that in the famous Doctor he had a subject made for his hand . Like Fred Bayham he felt he was INTRODUCTION xiii.
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... certain , " added he sarcastically , " whether the Scotchman did not leave me , poor as he knew I was , to pay for my own dish of coffee . ' " " How all this painstaking and drudgery contrasts with the Doctor's INTRODUCTION XV.
... certain , " added he sarcastically , " whether the Scotchman did not leave me , poor as he knew I was , to pay for my own dish of coffee . ' " " How all this painstaking and drudgery contrasts with the Doctor's INTRODUCTION XV.
Stran xvi
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. How all this painstaking and drudgery contrasts with the Doctor's own sublime indifference to material if he were not in the mood for it . ' Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to procure ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. How all this painstaking and drudgery contrasts with the Doctor's own sublime indifference to material if he were not in the mood for it . ' Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to procure ...
Stran xxi
... the public good . Not only did it keep the Doctor himself in brown suits and bob - wigs , and provide a home for Mrs. Williams , and for Mrs. Desmoulins , and for Miss Carmichael , and for Mr. Levett , but it has INTRODUCTION xxi.
... the public good . Not only did it keep the Doctor himself in brown suits and bob - wigs , and provide a home for Mrs. Williams , and for Mrs. Desmoulins , and for Miss Carmichael , and for Mr. Levett , but it has INTRODUCTION xxi.
Stran xxxvii
... Doctor Vyse , Rector of Lambeth . Those written by Dr. Johnson concerning his mother in her last illness , furnish a new proof of his great piety and tenderness of heart , and therefore cannot but be acceptable to the readers of this ...
... Doctor Vyse , Rector of Lambeth . Those written by Dr. Johnson concerning his mother in her last illness , furnish a new proof of his great piety and tenderness of heart , and therefore cannot but be acceptable to the readers of this ...
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