Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom ...
... kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom ...
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... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and ...
... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and ...
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... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
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... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " In the forlorn state of his circumstances , he accepted of an offer to be employed as usher in the school of Market- Bosworth , in Leicestershire , to which it appears , from one of his little ...
... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " In the forlorn state of his circumstances , he accepted of an offer to be employed as usher in the school of Market- Bosworth , in Leicestershire , to which it appears , from one of his little ...
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... kind , is much to be valued ; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment , and do their duty with diligence and success , are entitled to very high respect from the community , as Johnson himself often ...
... kind , is much to be valued ; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment , and do their duty with diligence and success , are entitled to very high respect from the community , as Johnson himself often ...
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