Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birming- ham , and who had practised his own precepts of œconomy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birming- ham , and who had practised his own precepts of œconomy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
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... heard Mr. David Hume observe , that we have one of the very few speeches of Mr. Murray , now Earl of Mansfield , authentically given ) was very re- markable . When asked if he had any questions to put to Sir Everard Fawkener , who was ...
... heard Mr. David Hume observe , that we have one of the very few speeches of Mr. Murray , now Earl of Mansfield , authentically given ) was very re- markable . When asked if he had any questions to put to Sir Everard Fawkener , who was ...
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