Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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Stran 249
... thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he shewn it to any one ...
... thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he shewn it to any one ...
Stran 560
... thing ; but preciseness is also a bad thing ; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion Week . There might be a handle for reflection . It might be said , ' He refuses to dine ...
... thing ; but preciseness is also a bad thing ; and your general character may be more hurt by preciseness than by dining with a bishop in Passion Week . There might be a handle for reflection . It might be said , ' He refuses to dine ...
Stran 604
... thing else . Con- sider , Sir ; if you are to melt iron , you cannot line your pot with brass , because it is softer than iron , and would melt sooner ; nor with iron , for though malleable iron is harder than cast iron , yet it would ...
... thing else . Con- sider , Sir ; if you are to melt iron , you cannot line your pot with brass , because it is softer than iron , and would melt sooner ; nor with iron , for though malleable iron is harder than cast iron , yet it would ...
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