Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - ' DEAR SIR , -I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - ' DEAR SIR , -I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
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... 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 are at an ...
... 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 are at an ...
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... 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 are at an ...
... 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 are at an ...
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... reason to doubt ; for there is no instance of any man whose history has been minutely related that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise ...
... reason to doubt ; for there is no instance of any man whose history has been minutely related that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise ...
Stran 38
... reason to be offended , for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy which had been intrusted to him in confidence , and exposed a complaint of his young friend ...
... reason to be offended , for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy which had been intrusted to him in confidence , and exposed a complaint of his young friend ...
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