Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar ...
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar ...
Stran 283
... never offered to shew . If old manuscripts should now be men- tioned , I should , unless there were more evidence than can be easily had , suppose them another proof of Scotch conspiracy in national false- hood . " Do not censure the ...
... never offered to shew . If old manuscripts should now be men- tioned , I should , unless there were more evidence than can be easily had , suppose them another proof of Scotch conspiracy in national false- hood . " Do not censure the ...
Stran 431
... never to return . Whereas the airs in " The Beggar's Opera , " many of which are very soft , never fail to render me gay , because they are associated with the warm sen- sations and high spirits of London . -This evening , while some of ...
... never to return . Whereas the airs in " The Beggar's Opera , " many of which are very soft , never fail to render me gay , because they are associated with the warm sen- sations and high spirits of London . -This evening , while some of ...
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