Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the departure of Thales , must be understood of Savage , and looked upon as true history . ' This conjecture is , I believe , entirely groundless . I have been assured ...
... particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the departure of Thales , must be understood of Savage , and looked upon as true history . ' This conjecture is , I believe , entirely groundless . I have been assured ...
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... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
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... particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
... particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
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... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
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... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , 6 That the strength of ...
... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , 6 That the strength of ...
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