Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... London , would have affected my fellow - traveller much but he only said , Ah ! poor Jamy . ' Afterwards , however , when we were in the chaise , he said , with more tenderness , ' Since I set out on this jaunt , I have lost an old ...
... London , would have affected my fellow - traveller much but he only said , Ah ! poor Jamy . ' Afterwards , however , when we were in the chaise , he said , with more tenderness , ' Since I set out on this jaunt , I have lost an old ...
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... London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ; whereas , if they had been allowed to receive but sixpence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
... London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ; whereas , if they had been allowed to receive but sixpence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
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... London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentleman ...
... London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentleman ...
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... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week 1 . ' Volumes would be required ...
... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week 1 . ' Volumes would be required ...
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... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of ac- quaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and ...
... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of ac- quaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and ...
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