Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... 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 biographer selected by the publishers of London to write the Life for the definitive edition of Johnson's ...
... 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 biographer selected by the publishers of London to write the Life for the definitive edition of Johnson's ...
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birming- ham , and who had practised his own precepts of œconomy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birming- ham , and who had practised his own precepts of œconomy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
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... heard of it . He requested me to go directly and get it for him , which I did . He looked at it and laughed , and seemed to be much diverted with the feeble efforts of his unknown adversary , who , I hope , is alive to read this account ...
... heard of it . He requested me to go directly and get it for him , which I did . He looked at it and laughed , and seemed to be much diverted with the feeble efforts of his unknown adversary , who , I hope , is alive to read this account ...
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