Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
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... wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter myself with no strong hope of it ; for I have observed , that unless upon very ...
... wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter myself with no strong hope of it ; for I have observed , that unless upon very ...
Stran 238
... wonderful how much they do for others . is said of the greatest liar , that he tells more truth than falsehood ; so it may be said of the worst man , that he does more good than evil . ' BoswELL : ' Perhaps from experience men may be ...
... wonderful how much they do for others . is said of the greatest liar , that he tells more truth than falsehood ; so it may be said of the worst man , that he does more good than evil . ' BoswELL : ' Perhaps from experience men may be ...
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