Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 90
... but , if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked , I am sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor 1738 ] HIS WISH TO PRACTISE LAW 91 man ,
... but , if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked , I am sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor 1738 ] HIS WISH TO PRACTISE LAW 91 man ,
Stran 99
... sure to rush into his mind ; and , for this reason , any com- pany , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life ( he said ) was to escape from himself ; this disposition he considered as the ...
... sure to rush into his mind ; and , for this reason , any com- pany , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life ( he said ) was to escape from himself ; this disposition he considered as the ...
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... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , Sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . ' 176 FOR GARRET ' READ ...
... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , Sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . ' 176 FOR GARRET ' READ ...
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... sure you have my esteem for the courage with which you contracted them , and the spirit with which you endure them . I wish my esteem could be of more use . I have been invited , or have invited myself , to several parts of the kingdom ...
... sure you have my esteem for the courage with which you contracted them , and the spirit with which you endure them . I wish my esteem could be of more use . I have been invited , or have invited myself , to several parts of the kingdom ...
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... sure Johnson heard them , and thus set his mind perfectly at ease . This nobleman , who has been so virulently abused , acted with great honour in this instance , and dis- played a mind truly liberal . A minister of a more narrow and ...
... sure Johnson heard them , and thus set his mind perfectly at ease . This nobleman , who has been so virulently abused , acted with great honour in this instance , and dis- played a mind truly liberal . A minister of a more narrow and ...
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