Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 61
... Auchinleck is now over ; and appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little actual in- formation in the science on which he wrote so admirably ...
... Auchinleck is now over ; and appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little actual in- formation in the science on which he wrote so admirably ...
Stran 74
... Auchinleck ; for which I return you my most hearty thanks ; and after carefully reading it over again , shall deposit in my little collection of choice books , next our worthy friend's Journey to Corsica . As there are many things to ...
... Auchinleck ; for which I return you my most hearty thanks ; and after carefully reading it over again , shall deposit in my little collection of choice books , next our worthy friend's Journey to Corsica . As there are many things to ...
Stran 75
... Auchinleck and some few more are of the list . I am told . that one gentleman in the shire of Aberdeen , viz . Sir Archi- bald Grant , has planted above fifty millions of trees on a piece of very wild ground at Monimusk : I must enquire ...
... Auchinleck and some few more are of the list . I am told . that one gentleman in the shire of Aberdeen , viz . Sir Archi- bald Grant , has planted above fifty millions of trees on a piece of very wild ground at Monimusk : I must enquire ...
Stran 79
... Auchinleck to stay a fortnight with my father . It is better not to be there very long at one time . But frequent renewals of attention are agreeable to him . ' Pray tell me about this edition of " The English Poets , with a Preface ...
... Auchinleck to stay a fortnight with my father . It is better not to be there very long at one time . But frequent renewals of attention are agreeable to him . ' Pray tell me about this edition of " The English Poets , with a Preface ...
Stran 80
... Auchinleck , and your short stay there , are very laudable and very judicious . Your present concord with your father gives me great pleasure ; it was all that you seemed to want . ' My health is very bad , and my nights are very ...
... Auchinleck , and your short stay there , are very laudable and very judicious . Your present concord with your father gives me great pleasure ; it was all that you seemed to want . ' My health is very bad , and my nights are very ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) James Boswell Omejen predogled - 1962 |
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