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 xxiv
... perhaps would even have been proud , could he have foreseen this edition . Few distinctions he valued more highly than those which he received from his own great University . The honorary degrees that it conferred on him , the gown that ...
... perhaps would even have been proud , could he have foreseen this edition . Few distinctions he valued more highly than those which he received from his own great University . The honorary degrees that it conferred on him , the gown that ...
Stran xxv
... perhaps on other subjects . Their composition would , however , have delayed publication more than seemed advisable , and their length might have rendered the volumes bulky beyond all reason . A more favourable opportunity may come . I ...
... perhaps on other subjects . Their composition would , however , have delayed publication more than seemed advisable , and their length might have rendered the volumes bulky beyond all reason . A more favourable opportunity may come . I ...
Stran 1
... describes him as ' he VOL . I. B who used to be looked upon as perhaps the most happy man in the world . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 344- he 2 Dedication . he lived , whose company has been DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA Reynolds I.
... describes him as ' he VOL . I. B who used to be looked upon as perhaps the most happy man in the world . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 344- he 2 Dedication . he lived , whose company has been DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA Reynolds I.
Stran 3
... perhaps quotes from memory the following passage in Goldsmith's Life of Nash : - ' The doctor was one day conversing with Locke and two or three more of his learned and intimate companions , with that freedom , gaiety , and cheer ...
... perhaps quotes from memory the following passage in Goldsmith's Life of Nash : - ' The doctor was one day conversing with Locke and two or three more of his learned and intimate companions , with that freedom , gaiety , and cheer ...
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... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
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