Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran xii
... nature , and slavery , and in many fields of thought helped to de- termine enlightened public opinion . Naturally the intimate details of Johnson's life , the de- tails of his personal appearance , and any descriptions of his ways of ...
... nature , and slavery , and in many fields of thought helped to de- termine enlightened public opinion . Naturally the intimate details of Johnson's life , the de- tails of his personal appearance , and any descriptions of his ways of ...
Stran xiii
... nature Boswell had a rever- ence for great men and had long desired to know Johnson . It is customary to speak of him as vain , weak - willed , and petty ; yet he discovered and admired Johnson's greatness when many of his ...
... nature Boswell had a rever- ence for great men and had long desired to know Johnson . It is customary to speak of him as vain , weak - willed , and petty ; yet he discovered and admired Johnson's greatness when many of his ...
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... nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
... nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science , or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to ...
... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science , or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to ...
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James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these nar ratives are often written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are ...
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these nar ratives are often written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are ...
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