Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... Johnson's conversation , its ' ex- traordinary vigour and vivacity , ' constituted ' one of the first features of his character . ' Accordingly he congratulates ... Johnson had all the necessary qualifi- cations XX LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... Johnson's conversation , its ' ex- traordinary vigour and vivacity , ' constituted ' one of the first features of his character . ' Accordingly he congratulates ... Johnson had all the necessary qualifi- cations XX LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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... Johnson ease and leisure — ease of mind , and leisure to talk . The most noticeable characteristics of Johnson's talk seem to be good sense , brilliant wit , and a lively dialectical imagination , which enabled him joyfully and ...
... Johnson ease and leisure — ease of mind , and leisure to talk . The most noticeable characteristics of Johnson's talk seem to be good sense , brilliant wit , and a lively dialectical imagination , which enabled him joyfully and ...
Stran xxiii
... Johnson's talk as recorded by Boswell has killed Johnson's books . This is nonsense . Boswell's book is of course vastly more entertaining , lively , and amusing than Rasselas or the Rambler , and consequently far more people have read ...
... Johnson's talk as recorded by Boswell has killed Johnson's books . This is nonsense . Boswell's book is of course vastly more entertaining , lively , and amusing than Rasselas or the Rambler , and consequently far more people have read ...
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... Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , 1 a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think ...
... Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , 1 a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think ...
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... Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes ...
... Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes ...
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