Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran viii
... thought that his surgeon had done it too tenderly . " What Johnson feared was annihilation was there to be 1 Wraxall's Historical Memoirs ( 1836 ) , 1 , 162–63 . 2 See p . 196 . 8 Hill's Life , Iv , 460 . INTRODUCTION ix a future life ...
... thought that his surgeon had done it too tenderly . " What Johnson feared was annihilation was there to be 1 Wraxall's Historical Memoirs ( 1836 ) , 1 , 162–63 . 2 See p . 196 . 8 Hill's Life , Iv , 460 . INTRODUCTION ix a future life ...
Stran x
... thought were quite as well known to him as were the rules of Aristotle and the history of ancient thought . He could be witty or pro- found at one moment he brings forth a bit of homely wisdom : " Men hate more steadily than they love ...
... thought were quite as well known to him as were the rules of Aristotle and the history of ancient thought . He could be witty or pro- found at one moment he brings forth a bit of homely wisdom : " Men hate more steadily than they love ...
Stran xii
... 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 speaking and thinking are interesting and valu ...
... 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 speaking and thinking are interesting and valu ...
Stran 3
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been uni- versally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been uni- versally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
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... thought ; by which man- kind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to ' live o'er each scene ' with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was ...
... thought ; by which man- kind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to ' live o'er each scene ' with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was ...
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