Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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... attention , if he is disappointed , he can hardly complain . It may be added , that the reader not only hopes to find , but does find , in this very entertaining Journal much curious information_re- specting persons and things which he ...
... attention , if he is disappointed , he can hardly complain . It may be added , that the reader not only hopes to find , but does find , in this very entertaining Journal much curious information_re- specting persons and things which he ...
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... attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another mode was necessary , in order to investi- gate truth , he could descend to a language intelligible to ...
... attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another mode was necessary , in order to investi- gate truth , he could descend to a language intelligible to ...
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... attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable . He disapproved of a parenthesis ; and I believe in all his voluminous writings , not half a dozen of them will be found . He never used the phrases the former and ...
... attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable . He disapproved of a parenthesis ; and I believe in all his voluminous writings , not half a dozen of them will be found . He never used the phrases the former and ...
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... attention to small things was very remarkable . As an instance of it , he one day said to me , ' Sir , when you get silver in change for a guinea , look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . ' Though a stern true ...
... attention to small things was very remarkable . As an instance of it , he one day said to me , ' Sir , when you get silver in change for a guinea , look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . ' Though a stern true ...
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... attention , otherwise company will think themselves neglected ; and such attention is no doubt very fatiguing . He proceeded : ' I would not , however , be a stranger in my own country ; I would visit my neighbours , and receive their ...
... attention , otherwise company will think themselves neglected ; and such attention is no doubt very fatiguing . He proceeded : ' I would not , however , be a stranger in my own country ; I would visit my neighbours , and receive their ...
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