Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honourable and reverend friend speaking of the favourable ... hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to ...
... hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honourable and reverend friend speaking of the favourable ... hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to ...
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... were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his 1 See Nash's History of Worcestershire , vol . i . p . 529 . 52 JOHNSON LEAVES OXFORD [ 1731 poverty being so extreme.
... were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his 1 See Nash's History of Worcestershire , vol . i . p . 529 . 52 JOHNSON LEAVES OXFORD [ 1731 poverty being so extreme.
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... hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair , Now grants , and now rejects a lover's prayer . In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain , In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers ' heads ...
... hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair , Now grants , and now rejects a lover's prayer . In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain , In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers ' heads ...
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... hand , he went to Lichfield to ask his mother's consent to the marriage , which he could not but be conscious was a very imprudent scheme , both on account of their dis- parity of years , and her want of fortune . But Mrs. John- son ...
... hand , he went to Lichfield to ask his mother's consent to the marriage , which he could not but be conscious was a very imprudent scheme , both on account of their dis- parity of years , and her want of fortune . But Mrs. John- son ...
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... hand - writing , and gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose ...
... hand - writing , and gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose ...
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