Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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Stran x
... attention were countless , yet they all centre consistently in one figure , and are so focused upon it , that one can hardly open the book at random to a line which has not its direct bearing upon the one subject of the work . Nor is ...
... attention were countless , yet they all centre consistently in one figure , and are so focused upon it , that one can hardly open the book at random to a line which has not its direct bearing upon the one subject of the work . Nor is ...
Stran xii
... attention never abated . ' Upon such intensity and such ardor and enthusiasm depend the energy and animation of his por- trait . But it exhibits other personal qualities than these , which , if less often remarked , are at any rate ...
... attention never abated . ' Upon such intensity and such ardor and enthusiasm depend the energy and animation of his por- trait . But it exhibits other personal qualities than these , which , if less often remarked , are at any rate ...
Stran xiv
... attention . Said one : ' But I don't understand you , Sir . ' ' Sir , I have found you an argument . I am not obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no patience with folly or ...
... attention . Said one : ' But I don't understand you , Sir . ' ' Sir , I have found you an argument . I am not obliged to find you an understanding . ' ' Sir , you are irascible , ' said Boswell ; ' you have no patience with folly or ...
Stran 5
... attention as an insult to his manliness , he ran back to her in a rage , and beat her , as well as his strength would permit . Of the power of his memory , for which he was all his life eminent to a degree almost incredible , the ...
... attention as an insult to his manliness , he ran back to her in a rage , and beat her , as well as his strength would permit . Of the power of his memory , for which he was all his life eminent to a degree almost incredible , the ...
Stran 7
... attention and perceptive quickness made him see and dis- tinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the Highlands of Scotland , and I ...
... attention and perceptive quickness made him see and dis- tinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the Highlands of Scotland , and I ...
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