Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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... London narrator , telling us a variety of anec- dotes with that earnestness and attempt at mimicry which we usually find in the wits of the metropolis . Dr. Johnson went with me to the cathedral in the afternoon . It was grand and ...
... London narrator , telling us a variety of anec- dotes with that earnestness and attempt at mimicry which we usually find in the wits of the metropolis . Dr. Johnson went with me to the cathedral in the afternoon . It was grand and ...
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... London . When asked , ' What is it , sir ? ' he answered , ' Mr. Thrale has lost his only son ! ' This was , no doubt , a very great affliction to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , which their friends would con- sider accordingly ; but from the ...
... London . When asked , ' What is it , sir ? ' he answered , ' Mr. Thrale has lost his only son ! ' This was , no doubt , a very great affliction to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , which their friends would con- sider accordingly ; but from the ...
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... London . ' He said , ' We shall hasten back from Taylor's . ' Mrs. Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal of him when he was out of the room , not only with veneration but affection . It pleased me to find ...
... London . ' He said , ' We shall hasten back from Taylor's . ' Mrs. Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal of him when he was out of the room , not only with veneration but affection . It pleased me to find ...
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... London . Here I shall record some fragments of my friend's conversation during this jaunt . ' Marriage , sir , is much more necessary to a man than to a woman : for he is much less able to supply himself with domestic comforts . You ...
... London . Here I shall record some fragments of my friend's conversation during this jaunt . ' Marriage , sir , is much more necessary to a man than to a woman : for he is much less able to supply himself with domestic comforts . You ...
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... London , where , from its great size and diffusion , 1 [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . - M . ] many of those who reside in contiguous counties of England 8 LIFE ...
... London , where , from its great size and diffusion , 1 [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . - M . ] many of those who reside in contiguous counties of England 8 LIFE ...
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