Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... him for even the most humble - minded of gleaners in the Johnsonian fields . When you know you must be beaten , the wisest course is to decline competition . " The merit of these volumes is all or nearly INTRODUCTION ...
... him for even the most humble - minded of gleaners in the Johnsonian fields . When you know you must be beaten , the wisest course is to decline competition . " The merit of these volumes is all or nearly INTRODUCTION ...
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... dear sir , your much obliged friend , and faithful humble servant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION I AT last deliver to DEDICATION xxvii unboundedly open in my communications, and from my ...
... dear sir , your much obliged friend , and faithful humble servant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION I AT last deliver to DEDICATION xxvii unboundedly open in my communications, and from my ...
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... humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early pre- dominance of intellectual ...
... humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early pre- dominance of intellectual ...
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... humble cots . This scarce I lead , who left on yonder rock Two tender kids , the hopes of all the flock . Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder ...
... humble cots . This scarce I lead , who left on yonder rock Two tender kids , the hopes of all the flock . Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder ...
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... humble servant . ' Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , ' Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether anything was done in conse- quence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female ...
... humble servant . ' Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , ' Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether anything was done in conse- quence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female ...
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