Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran xiv
... existence , and he now accosted me with the most overstrained and in- sinuating compliments possible . ' How do you do , Mr. Lowe ? I hope you are well , Mr. Lowe ? Pardon my freedom , Mr. Lowe , but I think I xiv LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... existence , and he now accosted me with the most overstrained and in- sinuating compliments possible . ' How do you do , Mr. Lowe ? I hope you are well , Mr. Lowe ? Pardon my freedom , Mr. Lowe , but I think I xiv LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
Stran xxv
... complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence , not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but also in philosophy and elegant literature , is well known ...
... complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence , not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but also in philosophy and elegant literature , is well known ...
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... compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and how ever discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains ...
... compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and how ever discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains ...
Stran 4
... compliment ) , that by the vigour of your style and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the ...
... compliment ) , that by the vigour of your style and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the ...
Stran 49
... compliment . He said to me at Oxford in 1776 , ' I was his nominal tutor ; but he was above my mark . ' When I repeated it to Johnson , his eyes flashed with grateful satisfaction , and he ex- claimed , ' That was liberal and noble ...
... compliment . He said to me at Oxford in 1776 , ' I was his nominal tutor ; but he was above my mark . ' When I repeated it to Johnson , his eyes flashed with grateful satisfaction , and he ex- claimed , ' That was liberal and noble ...
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