Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... nature ' . And James Boswell's ambition was to know human nature . It is this exuberance of spirit which accounts for much that we like and much that we deplore in the character of the biographer . Here is the explanation of his recur ...
... nature ' . And James Boswell's ambition was to know human nature . It is this exuberance of spirit which accounts for much that we like and much that we deplore in the character of the biographer . Here is the explanation of his recur ...
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... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why ' out of the abundance of the heart ' should I not speak ? Let me then ...
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why ' out of the abundance of the heart ' should I not speak ? Let me then ...
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... nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
... nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science , or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to ...
... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science , or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to ...
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... nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness ...
... nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness ...
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