Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... history of the world ; -shall the authority of what is unquestionably the most ancient writing , be over- turned by an uncertain remark such as this ? ' On Monday , March 25 , we breakfasted at Mrs. Lucy Porter's . Johnson had sent an ...
... history of the world ; -shall the authority of what is unquestionably the most ancient writing , be over- turned by an uncertain remark such as this ? ' On Monday , March 25 , we breakfasted at Mrs. Lucy Porter's . Johnson had sent an ...
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... History of Animated Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the ...
... History of Animated Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the ...
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... history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray suggested that the author ...
... history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . ' Mr. Murray suggested that the author ...
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... history of literature . He gave us some of the many sketches of character which were treasured in his mind , and which he was wont to produce quite unexpectedly in a very enter- taining manner . ' I lately ( said he ) received a letter ...
... history of literature . He gave us some of the many sketches of character which were treasured in his mind , and which he was wont to produce quite unexpectedly in a very enter- taining manner . ' I lately ( said he ) received a letter ...
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... history of our world , the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour , who , having triumphed over death and the grave , proclaimed immortality to mankind . I repeated to him an argument of a lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that ...
... history of our world , the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour , who , having triumphed over death and the grave , proclaimed immortality to mankind . I repeated to him an argument of a lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that ...
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