Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran xii
... John Hawkins had known Johnson intimately when James Boswell was but a little boy , who had not even heard his name ; Hawkins was a fellow - member of the Ivy Lane Club , one of the execu- tors of Johnson's will , and the official ...
... John Hawkins had known Johnson intimately when James Boswell was but a little boy , who had not even heard his name ; Hawkins was a fellow - member of the Ivy Lane Club , one of the execu- tors of Johnson's will , and the official ...
Stran xiii
... John's attack was at once subtler and more venomous . The only reference to Boswell in the book is the following ( p . 472 ) : He had long been solicited by Mr. James Boswell , a native of Scotland , and one that highly valued him , to ...
... John's attack was at once subtler and more venomous . The only reference to Boswell in the book is the following ( p . 472 ) : He had long been solicited by Mr. James Boswell , a native of Scotland , and one that highly valued him , to ...
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James Boswell. xiv INTRODUCTION store of materials ' . This was what Sir John had lacked ; it was what James Boswell , the ' native of ... John , heavy and occasionally malicious . " INTRODUCTION XV Boswell knew his own value . He.
James Boswell. xiv INTRODUCTION store of materials ' . This was what Sir John had lacked ; it was what James Boswell , the ' native of ... John , heavy and occasionally malicious . " INTRODUCTION XV Boswell knew his own value . He.
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... John Wilkes , German princes and Italian blue - stockings he could claim as his acquaintance , if not as his intimate friends . He constantly held before himself - as his own self - appointed Mentor the ideal of infectious spirits ...
... John Wilkes , German princes and Italian blue - stockings he could claim as his acquaintance , if not as his intimate friends . He constantly held before himself - as his own self - appointed Mentor the ideal of infectious spirits ...
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... John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour ...
... John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour ...
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