Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran xii
... acquaintance with the great author than could Boswell , who had not even resid- ed in the same city with him . Sir John Hawkins had known Johnson intimately when James Boswell was but a little boy , who had not even heard his name ...
... acquaintance with the great author than could Boswell , who had not even resid- ed in the same city with him . Sir John Hawkins had known Johnson intimately when James Boswell was but a little boy , who had not even heard his name ...
Stran xvii
... acquaintance whatever with him . That portion of the Life which we love , that part upon which its fame reposes , extends from 1763 to the end of Johnson's life , a matter of twenty - one years only . That is the portion which contains ...
... acquaintance whatever with him . That portion of the Life which we love , that part upon which its fame reposes , extends from 1763 to the end of Johnson's life , a matter of twenty - one years only . That is the portion which contains ...
Stran xxii
... acquaintance , if not as his intimate friends . He constantly held before himself - as his own self - appointed Mentor the ideal of infectious spirits , united with that calm dignity which he regarded as appropriate in an ' ancient ...
... acquaintance , if not as his intimate friends . He constantly held before himself - as his own self - appointed Mentor the ideal of infectious spirits , united with that calm dignity which he regarded as appropriate in an ' ancient ...
Stran 23
... acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a ...
... acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a ...
Stran 54
... acquaintance with books was great , and what he did not immediately know , he could , at least , tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communica- tion , that it may be doubted whether a ...
... acquaintance with books was great , and what he did not immediately know , he could , at least , tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communica- tion , that it may be doubted whether a ...
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