Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
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... seen lounging at the College gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was enter- taining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline , which in his ...
... seen lounging at the College gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was enter- taining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline , which in his ...
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... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimickry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . That Johnson well ...
... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimickry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . That Johnson well ...
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... seen but a small part of the wonders of the Metropolis , he had little to tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : ' In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of ...
... seen but a small part of the wonders of the Metropolis , he had little to tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : ' In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of ...
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... seen that the worthy , modest , and ingenious Mr. Robert Dodsley had taste enough to perceive its un- common merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the ...
... seen that the worthy , modest , and ingenious Mr. Robert Dodsley had taste enough to perceive its un- common merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the ...
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