Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Količina 3Bigelow, Brown, 1780 |
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... London , that me- tropolis which we both loved so much , for the high and varied intellectual pleasure which it furnishes ' . I experi- enced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a companion , and said to him , ' Sir , you ...
... London , that me- tropolis which we both loved so much , for the high and varied intellectual pleasure which it furnishes ' . I experi- enced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a companion , and said to him , ' Sir , you ...
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... London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ; whereas , if they had been allowed to receive but sixpence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
... London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ; whereas , if they had been allowed to receive but sixpence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
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... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week ' . ' Volumes would be required ...
... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week ' . ' Volumes would be required ...
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... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and also ...
... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and also ...
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... London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in The Spectator . He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . ' But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly ...
... London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in The Spectator . He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . ' But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly ...
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