Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran xxii
... gave 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 ...
... gave 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 xxvi
... gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of ...
... gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of ...
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... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
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... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS My admiration only I exprest ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast ) , That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this ...
... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS My admiration only I exprest ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast ) , That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this ...
Stran 30
... at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . No fragrant bowers , no delightful glades , Receive the 30 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . No fragrant bowers , no delightful glades , Receive the 30 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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