Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Količina 1Harper & Brothers, 1799 |
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Stran xvi
... less ' . ' But it is not only Bos- well's narrative that needs illustration . Johnson in his talk ranges over a vast number of subjects . In his capacious memory were stored up the fruits of an almost boundless curiosity , and a wide ...
... less ' . ' But it is not only Bos- well's narrative that needs illustration . Johnson in his talk ranges over a vast number of subjects . In his capacious memory were stored up the fruits of an almost boundless curiosity , and a wide ...
Stran xxiv
... less was it unchastened Croker . His repentance , however , was not thorough . He never restored the text to its old state ; wanton transpositions of passages still remain , and numerous insertions break the narrative . It was my good ...
... less was it unchastened Croker . His repentance , however , was not thorough . He never restored the text to its old state ; wanton transpositions of passages still remain , and numerous insertions break the narrative . It was my good ...
Stran 7
... less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 8 , 1781 , he records : Of his conversation on that and other occasions during this period , I neglected to keep any regular record . ' On May 15 , 1783 : — ' I have no minute of any ...
... less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 8 , 1781 , he records : Of his conversation on that and other occasions during this period , I neglected to keep any regular record . ' On May 15 , 1783 : — ' I have no minute of any ...
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... much pleased with it ; but I feel a sad indifference [ he had lately lost his wife ] , and he says I have not the use of my faculties . ' Ib . p . 308 . 2 Horace , Odes , i . 3. 1 . less . Advertisement to the First Edition . 9 less . Let.
... much pleased with it ; but I feel a sad indifference [ he had lately lost his wife ] , and he says I have not the use of my faculties . ' Ib . p . 308 . 2 Horace , Odes , i . 3. 1 . less . Advertisement to the First Edition . 9 less . Let.
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... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas War- ton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas War- ton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
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