Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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Stran 203
... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his " Life of Swift , " and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked -the lash of wit , cannot complain ...
... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his " Life of Swift , " and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked -the lash of wit , cannot complain ...
Stran 425
... Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL : " No , Sir ; but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express them gracefully . " JOHNSON ...
... Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL : " No , Sir ; but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express them gracefully . " JOHNSON ...
Stran 592
... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON : " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion ...
... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar , who never get practice . " JOHNSON : " Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion ...
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