Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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James Boswell Augustine Birrell. After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her son . I said it would be very distressing to Thrale , but she would soon forget it , as she had so many things to think of ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her son . I said it would be very distressing to Thrale , but she would soon forget it , as she had so many things to think of ...
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... dinner . A few of Dr. Taylor's neighbours were his guests that day . Dr. Johnson talked with approbation of one who had attained to the state of the philosophical wise man , that is , to have no want of anything . ' Then , sir ( said I ) ...
... dinner . A few of Dr. Taylor's neighbours were his guests that day . Dr. Johnson talked with approbation of one who had attained to the state of the philosophical wise man , that is , to have no want of anything . ' Then , sir ( said I ) ...
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... dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that cele- brated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkes- worth of his voyages . I told him ...
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that cele- brated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkes- worth of his voyages . I told him ...
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... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year . He said , ' I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great ...
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year . He said , ' I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great ...
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... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister - at - law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
... dinner , Mr. Murphy entertained us with the history of Mr. Joseph Simpson , a schoolfellow of Dr. Johnson's , a barrister - at - law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissipated course of life , incompatible with that success in his ...
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