Boswell's Life of JohnsonScribner's Sons, 1917 - 574 strani |
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... laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . ' From this time forward religion was the predominant object ...
... laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . ' From this time forward religion was the predominant object ...
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... laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . Johnson now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind ...
... laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . Johnson now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind ...
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... laughing at himself for his pretended zeal where he had no concern , exclaimed , ' No , no ! I am against the dockers ; I am a Plym- outh man . Rogues ! let them die of thirst . They shall not have a drop ! ' 1763 : ÆTAT . 54 . ] - THIS ...
... laughing at himself for his pretended zeal where he had no concern , exclaimed , ' No , no ! I am against the dockers ; I am a Plym- outh man . Rogues ! let them die of thirst . They shall not have a drop ! ' 1763 : ÆTAT . 54 . ] - THIS ...
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... laughed , and said , ' Consider , Sir , how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence .'- Were this consideration to be applied to most of the little vexatious incidents of life , by which our quiet is too often disturbed , it ...
... laughed , and said , ' Consider , Sir , how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence .'- Were this consideration to be applied to most of the little vexatious incidents of life , by which our quiet is too often disturbed , it ...
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... laugh . Dis- concerted a little by this , Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground , where , I suppose , he thought himself perfectly safe ; for he observed , that Scotland had a great many noble wild pros- pects . JOHNSON . ' I believe , Sir ...
... laugh . Dis- concerted a little by this , Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground , where , I suppose , he thought himself perfectly safe ; for he observed , that Scotland had a great many noble wild pros- pects . JOHNSON . ' I believe , Sir ...
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