Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
... tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
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... tion to John Warren , Esq . of Pembrokeshire , though it is ascribed to Warren the bookseller : ' A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity1 ; nor is that curiosity ever ...
... tion to John Warren , Esq . of Pembrokeshire , though it is ascribed to Warren the bookseller : ' A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity1 ; nor is that curiosity ever ...
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... tion . Thus , " This day , & c . , An Examen of Mr. Pope's Essay , & c . , containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- futation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of ...
... tion . Thus , " This day , & c . , An Examen of Mr. Pope's Essay , & c . , containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- futation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of ...
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... tion ; ' † and , I think , the following pieces : ' Debate on the Proposal of Parliament to Cromwell , to assume the Title of King , abridged , modified , and digested ; ' † ' Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons ...
... tion ; ' † and , I think , the following pieces : ' Debate on the Proposal of Parliament to Cromwell , to assume the Title of King , abridged , modified , and digested ; ' † ' Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons ...
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... tion of it could not properly find place in a letter of the kind that this was . ' In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife . We find the same tender recollection recurring to his mind upon innumer- able ...
... tion of it could not properly find place in a letter of the kind that this was . ' In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife . We find the same tender recollection recurring to his mind upon innumer- able ...
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