Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . Here , then , is an example of Boswell's capacity for working up his material . There is no alteration in the core of the story , no attempt to paint the ...
... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . Here , then , is an example of Boswell's capacity for working up his material . There is no alteration in the core of the story , no attempt to paint the ...
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... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus distinguished . I have only to add ...
... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus distinguished . I have only to add ...
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... Instance , it is believed , when he condescended to take Notice of any Thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief Intention seems to have been to make Sport . Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of , and Preface to , Mr ...
... Instance , it is believed , when he condescended to take Notice of any Thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief Intention seems to have been to make Sport . Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of , and Preface to , Mr ...
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... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
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... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more convinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more convinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
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