Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... asked him how he did , Ready to be- come a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal1 : ' he meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ; a character for ...
... asked him how he did , Ready to be- come a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal1 : ' he meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ; a character for ...
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... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without ...
... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without ...
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... asked , —Is not this fine ? Shiels having expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line . ' I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were ...
... asked , —Is not this fine ? Shiels having expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line . ' I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were ...
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... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch Judges ...
... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch Judges ...
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... asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would re- commend . JOHNSON . To be sure , Sir , I would have you read the Bible with a commentary ; and I would recommend Lowth and ...
... asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would re- commend . JOHNSON . To be sure , Sir , I would have you read the Bible with a commentary ; and I would recommend Lowth and ...
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