Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran xii
... public attention the first hasty ' lives ' of Johnson , Boswell could afford to be indif- ferent ; but there were two rivals upon whom he looked with some misgiving . Both of them had specific advant- ages over him . Both were English ...
... public attention the first hasty ' lives ' of Johnson , Boswell could afford to be indif- ferent ; but there were two rivals upon whom he looked with some misgiving . Both of them had specific advant- ages over him . Both were English ...
Stran xiii
... public notice . Mrs. Piozzi's slender volume contained many passages which displayed her anger at Johnson's audacity in opposing ( with the full force of his emotions and his vocabulary ) her marriage with Piozzi . Her book is therefore ...
... public notice . Mrs. Piozzi's slender volume contained many passages which displayed her anger at Johnson's audacity in opposing ( with the full force of his emotions and his vocabulary ) her marriage with Piozzi . Her book is therefore ...
Stran xvi
... public had been well - prepared to receive it . In view of all this contemporary interest , it is not sur- prising that the authenticity of the book should have be- come almost immediately a topic of discussion . Boswell professed to ...
... public had been well - prepared to receive it . In view of all this contemporary interest , it is not sur- prising that the authenticity of the book should have be- come almost immediately a topic of discussion . Boswell professed to ...
Stran xxiv
... public was what the author's experience with the Tour to the Hebrides might have led him to ex- pect . It was read with avidity by all , was eulogized by many , and bitterly attacked by others . Boswell did not escape the charge of ...
... public was what the author's experience with the Tour to the Hebrides might have led him to ex- pect . It was read with avidity by all , was eulogized by many , and bitterly attacked by others . Boswell did not escape the charge of ...
Stran 209
... PUBLIC JUSTICE , THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG , ESQ . ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE , FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION , MARCH 14 , IN THE YEAR , 1757 ; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LIFE AND HONOUR or A NAVAL ...
... PUBLIC JUSTICE , THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG , ESQ . ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE , FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION , MARCH 14 , IN THE YEAR , 1757 ; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LIFE AND HONOUR or A NAVAL ...
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