Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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... pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because his mind is full . ' He thus curiously ...
... pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because his mind is full . ' He thus curiously ...
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... pounds , he denied himself many comforts , from an apprehension that he could not afford them . Nay , sir ( cried Johnson ) , when the judgment is so disturbed that a man cannot count , that is pretty well . ' I shall here insert a few ...
... pounds , he denied himself many comforts , from an apprehension that he could not afford them . Nay , sir ( cried Johnson ) , when the judgment is so disturbed that a man cannot count , that is pretty well . ' I shall here insert a few ...
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... pound , and sell the ashes . ' BoswELL : For what purpose , sir ? ' JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , for making a furnace for the chemists for melting iron . A paste made of burnt bones will stand a stronger heat than any- thing else . Consider ...
... pound , and sell the ashes . ' BoswELL : For what purpose , sir ? ' JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , for making a furnace for the chemists for melting iron . A paste made of burnt bones will stand a stronger heat than any- thing else . Consider ...
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... pounds , you may have eighty - four square yards , which is very well . But when will you get the value of two hundred pounds of walls , in fruit , in your climate ? No , sir , such contention with nature is not worth while . I would ...
... pounds , you may have eighty - four square yards , which is very well . But when will you get the value of two hundred pounds of walls , in fruit , in your climate ? No , sir , such contention with nature is not worth while . I would ...
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... pounds " ; he'll find him as unwilling as any other man . No , sir , a man may shoot the man who invades his character , as he may shoot him who attempts to break into his house.1 So in 1745 , my 1 I think it necessary to caution my ...
... pounds " ; he'll find him as unwilling as any other man . No , sir , a man may shoot the man who invades his character , as he may shoot him who attempts to break into his house.1 So in 1745 , my 1 I think it necessary to caution my ...
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