Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
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James Boswell. 46 HIS RELUCTANCE TO ATTEND CHURCH [ 1729 surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the ...
James Boswell. 46 HIS RELUCTANCE TO ATTEND CHURCH [ 1729 surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the ...
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... wish for an answer . I am , Sir , your humble servant , ' SIR , ' To MR . CAVE . ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' [ No date . ] ' I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commen- tary cannot be prosecuted with any appearance of success ; for as ...
... wish for an answer . I am , Sir , your humble servant , ' SIR , ' To MR . CAVE . ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' [ No date . ] ' I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commen- tary cannot be prosecuted with any appearance of success ; for as ...
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... wish that her story should not be brought into more con- spicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . 2 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of Lady Macclesfield by divorce , was married to Colonel Brett , and , it is said ...
... wish that her story should not be brought into more con- spicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . 2 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of Lady Macclesfield by divorce , was married to Colonel Brett , and , it is said ...
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... Wishes has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
... Wishes has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
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