Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Dodge Publishing Company, 1896 - 6 strani |
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Stran 16
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic rela- tion of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
Stran 62
... doubt the authenticity of this account by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days ...
... doubt the authenticity of this account by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days ...
Stran 147
... doubt that I can do it in three years . Adams : But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their dictionary . Johnson : Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
... doubt that I can do it in three years . Adams : But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their dictionary . Johnson : Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
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