Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran vii
... things . If that were true in 1832 of so pretentious an edition of Boswell's Johnson as Mr. Croker's , the insignificance of the present publication is almost startling . Boswell's immortal biography has been re printed many times since ...
... things . If that were true in 1832 of so pretentious an edition of Boswell's Johnson as Mr. Croker's , the insignificance of the present publication is almost startling . Boswell's immortal biography has been re printed many times since ...
Stran ix
... thing . meant to give pleasure , to excite interest , to banish solitude , to make the fireside more attractive than the tavern , to give joy to those who are still capable of joy , and - why should we not admit it ? —to drug sorrow and ...
... thing . meant to give pleasure , to excite interest , to banish solitude , to make the fireside more attractive than the tavern , to give joy to those who are still capable of joy , and - why should we not admit it ? —to drug sorrow and ...
Stran x
... thing . Leave Boswell alone to tell his own tale , to make his own impression . This once done , the commentators will march in through the breach Boswell has made . But for teachers and examiners , I hold the whole tribe in abhorrence ...
... thing . Leave Boswell alone to tell his own tale , to make his own impression . This once done , the commentators will march in through the breach Boswell has made . But for teachers and examiners , I hold the whole tribe in abhorrence ...
Stran xiv
... thing , and he meant to make the very most of it . He saw his way to write a great book , to do something which , despite the sneers of Gibbon and the patronage of Burke , no other member of the club could do one half or one - quarter ...
... thing , and he meant to make the very most of it . He saw his way to write a great book , to do something which , despite the sneers of Gibbon and the patronage of Burke , no other member of the club could do one half or one - quarter ...
Stran xv
... thing , only , if it were no particular secret- ' Sir , you are welcome to read the letter . " ' I thank you , my dear Mr. Lowe , you are very obliging . I take it exceedingly kind . ' ( Having read . ) ' It is nothing I believe , Mr ...
... thing , only , if it were no particular secret- ' Sir , you are welcome to read the letter . " ' I thank you , my dear Mr. Lowe , you are very obliging . I take it exceedingly kind . ' ( Having read . ) ' It is nothing I believe , Mr ...
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