Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly ; and there was so little of the savage in Omai , that I was afraid to speak to either , lest I should mistake one for ...
... dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly ; and there was so little of the savage in Omai , that I was afraid to speak to either , lest I should mistake one for ...
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... dined , and walked home in the evening . He died on the 31st of December , 1791. BOSWELL . The version of Maphæus's ' bombastic ' additional Canto is advertised in the Gent . Mag . 1758 , p . 233. The engraver of Mr. Ellis's portrait in ...
... dined , and walked home in the evening . He died on the 31st of December , 1791. BOSWELL . The version of Maphæus's ' bombastic ' additional Canto is advertised in the Gent . Mag . 1758 , p . 233. The engraver of Mr. Ellis's portrait in ...
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... dined one day with the beautiful , gay , and fascinating Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner3 , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to ...
... dined one day with the beautiful , gay , and fascinating Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner3 , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to ...
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... dined with us . Dr. Johnson made a remark , which both Mr. Macbean and I thought new . It was this : that the law against usury is for the protection of creditors as well as of debtors ; for if there were no such check , people would be ...
... dined with us . Dr. Johnson made a remark , which both Mr. Macbean and I thought new . It was this : that the law against usury is for the protection of creditors as well as of debtors ; for if there were no such check , people would be ...
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... dined with him at Mr. Thrale's , where were Mr. Murphy and some other company . Before dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take ...
... dined with him at Mr. Thrale's , where were Mr. Murphy and some other company . Before dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Together with Boswell's Journal of a ..., Količina 3 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1934 |
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