Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Količina 1Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1799 |
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Stran xvii
... told that when Peter the Great was on his travels and far from his country , some members of the Rus- sian Council of State in St. Petersburgh ventured to with- stand what was known to be his wish . His walking - stick was laid upon the ...
... told that when Peter the Great was on his travels and far from his country , some members of the Rus- sian Council of State in St. Petersburgh ventured to with- stand what was known to be his wish . His walking - stick was laid upon the ...
Stran xix
... told of Johnson's listening to Dr. Sacheverel's sermon is not in any way improbable ' , and that Johnson's ' censure ' of Lord Kames was quite just . The ardent advocates of total abstinence will not , I fear , be pleased at finding at ...
... told of Johnson's listening to Dr. Sacheverel's sermon is not in any way improbable ' , and that Johnson's ' censure ' of Lord Kames was quite just . The ardent advocates of total abstinence will not , I fear , be pleased at finding at ...
Stran 2
... told him at the same time that the debts which he had contracted in his father's lifetime would not be cleared off for some years . The letter was en- dorsed by Sir Joshua : - ' I agree to the above conditions ; ' and the portrait was ...
... told him at the same time that the debts which he had contracted in his father's lifetime would not be cleared off for some years . The letter was en- dorsed by Sir Joshua : - ' I agree to the above conditions ; ' and the portrait was ...
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... told me he had read every word of my Hebridian Journal ; he could not help it ; adding , ' could you give a rule how to write a book that a man must read ? I believe Longinus could not . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 322 . • Boswell ...
... told me he had read every word of my Hebridian Journal ; he could not help it ; adding , ' could you give a rule how to write a book that a man must read ? I believe Longinus could not . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 322 . • Boswell ...
Stran 30
... told Johnson that he intended to write his Life , and Johnson had given him many particulars ( see post , March 31 , 1772 , and April 11 , 1773 ) . He read moreover in manuscript most of Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides , and from it ...
... told Johnson that he intended to write his Life , and Johnson had given him many particulars ( see post , March 31 , 1772 , and April 11 , 1773 ) . He read moreover in manuscript most of Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides , and from it ...
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