Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... natural exclamation as their spears blacken the horizon . Our lives do not terminate in the torture - chambers of the examiner , and we shall sorely need the solace of books like Boswell's long after we have bidden class - room and ...
... natural exclamation as their spears blacken the horizon . Our lives do not terminate in the torture - chambers of the examiner , and we shall sorely need the solace of books like Boswell's long after we have bidden class - room and ...
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... , 1728-1790 , 220 • By Sir Joshua Reynolds ( 1784 ) . JONAS HANWAY , 1712-1786 ,. After Edward Edwards , A.R.A. , by Robert Duncarton . 257 we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , xlii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE ...
... , 1728-1790 , 220 • By Sir Joshua Reynolds ( 1784 ) . JONAS HANWAY , 1712-1786 ,. After Edward Edwards , A.R.A. , by Robert Duncarton . 257 we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , xlii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE ...
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... natural reasons why these narra- tives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy ...
... natural reasons why these narra- tives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy ...
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... certainty beforehand whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... certainty beforehand whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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... natural reasons why these narra- tives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy ...
... natural reasons why these narra- tives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy ...
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