Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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... letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a Mæcenas , and complained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . ' BoswELL ...
... letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a Mæcenas , and complained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . ' BoswELL ...
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... he either spends it or lends it out , 1 Letter to the People of Scotland against the Attempt to diminish the Number of the Lords of Session , 1785 . society has the benefit . It is in general better ET . 74 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 11.
... he either spends it or lends it out , 1 Letter to the People of Scotland against the Attempt to diminish the Number of the Lords of Session , 1785 . society has the benefit . It is in general better ET . 74 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 11.
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... letter in favour of his friends . The truth , however , is , that he was remarkable , in an extra- ordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his ...
... letter in favour of his friends . The truth , however , is , that he was remarkable , in an extra- ordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his ...
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... be found in the 358th Letter in Mrs. Piozzi's Collection , where it appears that he recommended ' dried orange - peel , finely powdered , ' as a medicine . what is called orange - butter , the oil of 40 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1783.
... be found in the 358th Letter in Mrs. Piozzi's Collection , where it appears that he recommended ' dried orange - peel , finely powdered , ' as a medicine . what is called orange - butter , the oil of 40 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1783.
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... letter to Mrs. Thrale , written on the 13th of August , we find the following melancholy paragraph : ' I am now broken with disease , without the alleviation of familiar friendship or domestic society : I have no middle state between ...
... letter to Mrs. Thrale , written on the 13th of August , we find the following melancholy paragraph : ' I am now broken with disease , without the alleviation of familiar friendship or domestic society : I have no middle state between ...
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