Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... question ; and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy ...
... question ; and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy ...
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... question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose unrelenting barbarity he so loudly complained , and the particulars of which are related in so strong and affecting a manner in Johnson's life of him . Johnson was ...
... question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose unrelenting barbarity he so loudly complained , and the particulars of which are related in so strong and affecting a manner in Johnson's life of him . Johnson was ...
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... question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , that when Earl Rivers was dying , and anxious to provide for all his natural children , he was in- formed by Lady Macclesfield that her ...
... question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , that when Earl Rivers was dying , and anxious to provide for all his natural children , he was in- formed by Lady Macclesfield that her ...
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... question that he excelled , beyond all who have attempted that species of composition ; upon which , indeed , he set the highest value . To the minute selection of characteristical circumstances , for which the ancients were remarkable ...
... question that he excelled , beyond all who have attempted that species of composition ; upon which , indeed , he set the highest value . To the minute selection of characteristical circumstances , for which the ancients were remarkable ...
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... question by the two lowest of all human beings , a Scribbler for a party , and a Commissioner of Excise . ' -The persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon , and George Ducket , Esq . 200 JOHNSON'S HAPPIEST DAYS LAST [ 1755 ...
... question by the two lowest of all human beings , a Scribbler for a party , and a Commissioner of Excise . ' -The persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon , and George Ducket , Esq . 200 JOHNSON'S HAPPIEST DAYS LAST [ 1755 ...
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