Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2Crowell |
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... thing which all mankind know not to be true.” BOSWELL : “Is not modesty natural?” JoHNSON: “I cannot say, Sir, as we find no people quite in a state of nature; but I think the more they are taught, the more modest they are. The French ...
... thing which all mankind know not to be true.” BOSWELL : “Is not modesty natural?” JoHNSON: “I cannot say, Sir, as we find no people quite in a state of nature; but I think the more they are taught, the more modest they are. The French ...
Stran 271
... thing. I told Mrs. Thrale, 'You have so little anxiety about truth, that you never tax your memory with the exact thing. Now what is the use of the memory to truth, if one is careless of exactness? Lord Hailes's “Annals of Scotland ...
... thing. I told Mrs. Thrale, 'You have so little anxiety about truth, that you never tax your memory with the exact thing. Now what is the use of the memory to truth, if one is careless of exactness? Lord Hailes's “Annals of Scotland ...
Stran 353
... thing. But you must consider laxity is a bad thing; but preciseness is also a bad thing; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion Week. There might be a handle for reflection. It ...
... thing. But you must consider laxity is a bad thing; but preciseness is also a bad thing; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion Week. There might be a handle for reflection. It ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) James Boswell Omejen predogled - 1962 |
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