Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 30
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
Stran 31
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
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... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
Stran 62
... was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
... was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
Stran 63
... asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not ...
... asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not ...
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