Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran xviii
... desire being ' to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , ' and he tells that in- imitable story , so full of the marrow and fatness of our life here below , how the great Dr. Clarke ceased his merriment when he ...
... desire being ' to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , ' and he tells that in- imitable story , so full of the marrow and fatness of our life here below , how the great Dr. Clarke ceased his merriment when he ...
Stran 22
... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and ...
... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and ...
Stran 90
... desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be con- cerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had con- sulted you , nor what to demand on the author's part , but am very willing that , if you ...
... desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be con- cerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had con- sulted you , nor what to demand on the author's part , but am very willing that , if you ...
Stran 102
... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . - I am , sir , your humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON . ' TO MR . CAVE [ No date . ] ' SIR , -I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Com- mentary cannot be ...
... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . - I am , sir , your humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON . ' TO MR . CAVE [ No date . ] ' SIR , -I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Com- mentary cannot be ...
Stran 114
... desire in that respect , it would be a great satisfaction , as well as an honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could show , but I think myself under ...
... desire in that respect , it would be a great satisfaction , as well as an honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could show , but I think myself under ...
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