Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... young people ; and that the listless torpor of doing nothing , alone deserves that name . Of this dismal inertness of disposition , Johnson had all his life too great a share . Mr. Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than ...
... young people ; and that the listless torpor of doing nothing , alone deserves that name . Of this dismal inertness of disposition , Johnson had all his life too great a share . Mr. Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than ...
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... YOUNG AUTHOUR 1 . WHEN first the peasant , long inclin'd to roam , Forsakes his rural sports and peaceful home , Pleas'd with the scene the smiling ocean yields , He scorns the verdant meads and flow'ry fields ; Then dances jocund o'er ...
... YOUNG AUTHOUR 1 . WHEN first the peasant , long inclin'd to roam , Forsakes his rural sports and peaceful home , Pleas'd with the scene the smiling ocean yields , He scorns the verdant meads and flow'ry fields ; Then dances jocund o'er ...
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... young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expostulations of this worthy man , whose virtue awed him , and whose learning he revered , made him really ashamed of himself , though I fear ( said he ) I was too ...
... young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expostulations of this worthy man , whose virtue awed him , and whose learning he revered , made him really ashamed of himself , though I fear ( said he ) I was too ...
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... young man , as distinguished for his complaisance . And that this politeness was not merely occasional and temporary , or confined to the circles of Lichfield , is ascer- tained by the testimony of a lady , who , in a paper with which I ...
... young man , as distinguished for his complaisance . And that this politeness was not merely occasional and temporary , or confined to the circles of Lichfield , is ascer- tained by the testimony of a lady , who , in a paper with which I ...
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... young quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the follow- ing lines which he wrote for his friend Mr ...
... young quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the follow- ing lines which he wrote for his friend Mr ...
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