Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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... observed , was the highest superiority ; and that every nation derived their highest reputation from the splendour and dignity of their writers . Voltaire , he said , was a good narrator , and that his principal merit consisted in a ...
... observed , was the highest superiority ; and that every nation derived their highest reputation from the splendour and dignity of their writers . Voltaire , he said , was a good narrator , and that his principal merit consisted in a ...
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... observed , that a man of sense and educa- tion should meet a suitable companion in a wife . It was a miserable thing when the conversation could only be such as , whether the mutton should be boiled or roasted , and probably a dispute ...
... observed , that a man of sense and educa- tion should meet a suitable companion in a wife . It was a miserable thing when the conversation could only be such as , whether the mutton should be boiled or roasted , and probably a dispute ...
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... observed ( aside ) , " He runs to the books as I do to the pictures but I have the advantage . I can see much more of the pictures than he can of the books . " Mr. Cambridge , upon this , politely said , " Dr. Johnson , I am going ...
... observed ( aside ) , " He runs to the books as I do to the pictures but I have the advantage . I can see much more of the pictures than he can of the books . " Mr. Cambridge , upon this , politely said , " Dr. Johnson , I am going ...
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