Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 3A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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... English , and makes the fools who use it ' truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention , and ...
... English , and makes the fools who use it ' truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention , and ...
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... English speaker . ' I would give as an instance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I presume to add that of the present Earl of March- mont , who told me , with ...
... English speaker . ' I would give as an instance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I presume to add that of the present Earl of March- mont , who told me , with ...
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... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine friars . But upon the whole I cannot make much acquaintance here ; and though the churches , palaces , and some private houses ...
... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine friars . But upon the whole I cannot make much acquaintance here ; and though the churches , palaces , and some private houses ...
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acquaintance admiration afraid appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller BOSWELL TO DR called character church compliments consider conversation Court Court of Session dear sir DEAR SIR,-I dined Doctor Doctor of Medicine doubt edition eminent England English Erse father favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON Edinburgh Journey judge King lady Langton laugh learned letter Lichfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo manner means ment mentioned mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem political Raasay reason remark Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seems Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell things thought Thrale tion told truth wish wonderful write written wrote