Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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Stran 26
... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , surgeon of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , ' she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her under ...
... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , surgeon of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , ' she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her under ...
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... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
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... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
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... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
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... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
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