Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... told me , was not works of mere amusement , ' not voyages and travels , but all litera- ture , Sir , all ancient writers , all manly : though but little Greek , only some of Anacreon and Hesiod ; but in this irregular manner ( added he ) ...
... told me , was not works of mere amusement , ' not voyages and travels , but all litera- ture , Sir , all ancient writers , all manly : though but little Greek , only some of Anacreon and Hesiod ; but in this irregular manner ( added he ) ...
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... told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was ...
... told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was ...
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... told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town- clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome it by forcible exertions ...
... told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town- clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome it by forcible exertions ...
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... told me that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
... told me that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
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... told me that he con- tracted a love and regard for Pembroke College , which he retained to the last . A short time before his death he sent to that College a present of all his works , to be deposited in their library ; and he had ...
... told me that he con- tracted a love and regard for Pembroke College , which he retained to the last . A short time before his death he sent to that College a present of all his works , to be deposited in their library ; and he had ...
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