Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran xi
... mind that are often found alone in ' old use and wont . ' May - be he finds hope in With me the preparation of these volumes has , indeed , been the work of many years . Boswell's Life of Johnson I read for the first time in my boyhood ...
... mind that are often found alone in ' old use and wont . ' May - be he finds hope in With me the preparation of these volumes has , indeed , been the work of many years . Boswell's Life of Johnson I read for the first time in my boyhood ...
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... mind and fortunes , he never had persevering dili- gence enough to form them into a regular composition2 . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his ...
... mind and fortunes , he never had persevering dili- gence enough to form them into a regular composition2 . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his ...
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... mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misem- ployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of the greatest man of any age , JULIUS CÆSAR ...
... mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misem- ployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of the greatest man of any age , JULIUS CÆSAR ...
Stran 35
... mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weari ...
... mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weari ...
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... mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love ...
... mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love ...
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