Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... give a good account of himself . We are not surprised that such a man retained in his later life much of his native vigor and power of endurance . Some- where I have read that Johnson at the age of fifty - four took boyish delight in ...
... give a good account of himself . We are not surprised that such a man retained in his later life much of his native vigor and power of endurance . Some- where I have read that Johnson at the age of fifty - four took boyish delight in ...
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... 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 end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for ...
... 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 end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for ...
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... give credit ; carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen Anne . Mrs. Johnson indeed , as Mr. Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used ...
... give credit ; carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen Anne . Mrs. Johnson indeed , as Mr. Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used ...
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... gives of that disease . " This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It manifests itself by halting or unsteadiness of one of the legs , which the patient draws after him like an ideot . If the hand of the same side be applied to the ...
... gives of that disease . " This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It manifests itself by halting or unsteadiness of one of the legs , which the patient draws after him like an ideot . If the hand of the same side be applied to the ...
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... give more , for he had them all in his head ; by which I understood that he had the originals and corre- spondent allusions floating in his mind , which he could , when he pleased , embody and render permanent without much labour . Some ...
... give more , for he had them all in his head ; by which I understood that he had the originals and corre- spondent allusions floating in his mind , which he could , when he pleased , embody and render permanent without much labour . Some ...
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