Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accom- plished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these ...
... true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accom- plished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these ...
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... true , as has been erroneously related , that he was assistant to the famous Anthony Blackwall , whose merit has been honoured by the testimony of Bishop Hurd ' , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 ...
... true , as has been erroneously related , that he was assistant to the famous Anthony Blackwall , whose merit has been honoured by the testimony of Bishop Hurd ' , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 ...
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... true or not , is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability , has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him . He appears , by his modest and unaffected narration , to ...
... true or not , is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability , has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him . He appears , by his modest and unaffected narration , to ...
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... true history ( which I could swear to ) is as follows : Mr. Morgan Graves , the elder brother of a worthy Clergyman near Bath , with whom I was acquainted , waited upon a lady in this neighbourhood , who at part- ing presented him the ...
... true history ( which I could swear to ) is as follows : Mr. Morgan Graves , the elder brother of a worthy Clergyman near Bath , with whom I was acquainted , waited upon a lady in this neighbourhood , who at part- ing presented him the ...
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... true - born English- man , not only against foreign countries , but against Ireland and Scotland . On some of these topicks I shall quote a few passages : -st 1 B 1 ' The cheated nation's happy fav'rites see ; Mark whom the great caress ...
... true - born English- man , not only against foreign countries , but against Ireland and Scotland . On some of these topicks I shall quote a few passages : -st 1 B 1 ' The cheated nation's happy fav'rites see ; Mark whom the great caress ...
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