Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... less struggle towards completeness which went on ( as we know from Miss Burney ) up to the eve of publication , and , for that matter , after the appearance of the two famous quarto volumes . mass of documents in which The proof of ...
... less struggle towards completeness which went on ( as we know from Miss Burney ) up to the eve of publication , and , for that matter , after the appearance of the two famous quarto volumes . mass of documents in which The proof of ...
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... less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language .-- April 8 , 1799 . EDMOND MALONE ...
... less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language .-- April 8 , 1799 . EDMOND MALONE ...
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... less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the ...
... less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the ...
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... less capricious than a reigning fair , Now grants , and now rejects a lover's prayer . In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain , In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers ' heads , The unhappy ...
... less capricious than a reigning fair , Now grants , and now rejects a lover's prayer . In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain , In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain ; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers ' heads , The unhappy ...
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... less fit for it . While we acknowledge the justness of Thomson's beauti- ful remark , · Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! " we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ...
... less fit for it . While we acknowledge the justness of Thomson's beauti- ful remark , · Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! " we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ...
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