Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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Stran 175
... once said to me , in a pleasant humour : ' Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . ' I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me , containing ...
... once said to me , in a pleasant humour : ' Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . ' I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me , containing ...
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... once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never was in difficulties after the time when he relieved me . I loved him much : yet , in talking ...
... once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never was in difficulties after the time when he relieved me . I loved him much : yet , in talking ...
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... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . ' BoswELL : ' So , sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , " Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . ' BoswELL : ' So , sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , " Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
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