Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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... tion . Seeing me now for the first time as a Laird , or proprietor of land , he began thus : Sir , the superiority of a country gentleman over the people upon his estate is very agreeable : and he who says he does not feel it to be ...
... tion . Seeing me now for the first time as a Laird , or proprietor of land , he began thus : Sir , the superiority of a country gentleman over the people upon his estate is very agreeable : and he who says he does not feel it to be ...
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... tion of oats I meant to vex them . ' BOSWELL : ' Pray , sir , can you trace the cause of your antipathy to the Scotch ? ' JOHNSON : ' I can not , sir . ' BoswELL : ́Old Mr. Sheridan says , it was because they sold Charles the First ...
... tion of oats I meant to vex them . ' BOSWELL : ' Pray , sir , can you trace the cause of your antipathy to the Scotch ? ' JOHNSON : ' I can not , sir . ' BoswELL : ́Old Mr. Sheridan says , it was because they sold Charles the First ...
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... tion . His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious 1 [ Mr. Cambridge enjoyed all the blessings here enumerated for many years after this passage was written . He died at his seat near Twickenham , Sept. 17 , 1802 , in his eighty ...
... tion . His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious 1 [ Mr. Cambridge enjoyed all the blessings here enumerated for many years after this passage was written . He died at his seat near Twickenham , Sept. 17 , 1802 , in his eighty ...
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... tion . Upon this work he has exhausted all his powers , and suspended all his expectations ; and , certainly , to be refused an opportunity of taking the opinion of the public , is in it- 1 We accordingly carried our scheme into ...
... tion . Upon this work he has exhausted all his powers , and suspended all his expectations ; and , certainly , to be refused an opportunity of taking the opinion of the public , is in it- 1 We accordingly carried our scheme into ...
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... tion , would not allow that it was distinguished by any extraordinary pomp . ' Were there not six horses to each coach ? ' said Mrs. Burney . JOHNSON : ' Madam , there were no more six horses than six phoenixes . ' Mrs. Burney wondered ...
... tion , would not allow that it was distinguished by any extraordinary pomp . ' Were there not six horses to each coach ? ' said Mrs. Burney . JOHNSON : ' Madam , there were no more six horses than six phoenixes . ' Mrs. Burney wondered ...
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