Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant pre- cocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant pre- cocity ...
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... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 2 After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , 1 Cornelius Ford , Johnson was , at the ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 2 After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , 1 Cornelius Ford , Johnson was , at the ...
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