Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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Stran 137
... writing is a decay of kindness . No man is always in a dis- position to write ; nor has any man at all times something to say . " That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy , which , if it be the business ...
... writing is a decay of kindness . No man is always in a dis- position to write ; nor has any man at all times something to say . " That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy , which , if it be the business ...
Stran 157
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. tained , that ' If a man is to write a Panegyric , he may keep vices out of sight ... writes his life . He had this evening , partly , I suppose , from the spirit of contradiction to his Whig friend , a ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. tained , that ' If a man is to write a Panegyric , he may keep vices out of sight ... writes his life . He had this evening , partly , I suppose , from the spirit of contradiction to his Whig friend , a ...
Stran 164
... writing came to be considered in a pecuniary view . Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in Italy . ' I said that I would endeavour to do what Dr. Johnson suggested , and I thought that I might write so as ...
... writing came to be considered in a pecuniary view . Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in Italy . ' I said that I would endeavour to do what Dr. Johnson suggested , and I thought that I might write so as ...
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