Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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Stran 35
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been main- tained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been main- tained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in ...
Stran 119
... less grievous , for there is less hope of help . I pretend not to give you advice , not knowing the state of your affairs ; and general counsels about prudence and frugality would do you little good . You are , however , in the right ...
... less grievous , for there is less hope of help . I pretend not to give you advice , not knowing the state of your affairs ; and general counsels about prudence and frugality would do you little good . You are , however , in the right ...
Stran 189
... [ less trouble ] more facility . ' No man sympathises with [ vanity depressed ] the sorrows of vanity . ' It had been [ criminal ] less easily excused . ' When he [ threatened to lay down ] talked of laying down his pen . ' Society [ is ...
... [ less trouble ] more facility . ' No man sympathises with [ vanity depressed ] the sorrows of vanity . ' It had been [ criminal ] less easily excused . ' When he [ threatened to lay down ] talked of laying down his pen . ' Society [ is ...
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