Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... conversation , being convinced that this mode is more lively , and will make my readers better acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an ...
... conversation , being convinced that this mode is more lively , and will make my readers better acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an ...
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... 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 observation of Mr ...
... 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 observation of Mr ...
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... conversation with one of his ser- vants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with his funeral . ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were ...
... conversation with one of his ser- vants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with his funeral . ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were ...
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... conversation which I had with him several years ago , and he expanded it thus : If ( said he ) a man tells me that he is grievously disturbed , for that he imagines he sees a ruffian coming against him with a drawn sword , though at the ...
... conversation which I had with him several years ago , and he expanded it thus : If ( said he ) a man tells me that he is grievously disturbed , for that he imagines he sees a ruffian coming against him with a drawn sword , though at the ...
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... formed his judgement of others , we may be abso- lutely certain , both from his writings and his conversation , that his reading was very extensive . Dr. Adam Smith , 1729 ] HIS RAPID READING AND COMPOSITION 49 than whom.
... formed his judgement of others , we may be abso- lutely certain , both from his writings and his conversation , that his reading was very extensive . Dr. Adam Smith , 1729 ] HIS RAPID READING AND COMPOSITION 49 than whom.
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