Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Macmillan, 1894 - 718 strani |
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Stran 175
... praise of the ancient Romans . Thus : " I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome , which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind . The Romans , like others , as ...
... praise of the ancient Romans . Thus : " I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome , which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind . The Romans , like others , as ...
Stran 319
... praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion ...
... praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion ...
Stran 340
... praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none showing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart . " The admirers of this Essay ' may be ...
... praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none showing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart . " The admirers of this Essay ' may be ...
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