Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... gentleman whose ancient German blood has been mellowed in England , and who may be truely said to unite the Baron and the Barrister , was one of the Counsel for Mr. Topham . He displayed much learning and ingenuity upon the general ...
... gentleman whose ancient German blood has been mellowed in England , and who may be truely said to unite the Baron and the Barrister , was one of the Counsel for Mr. Topham . He displayed much learning and ingenuity upon the general ...
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... gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentleman five hundred pounds , with an apology that it was all he had in the world . The gentleman sent the money back to him , declaring he would not accept ...
... gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentleman five hundred pounds , with an apology that it was all he had in the world . The gentleman sent the money back to him , declaring he would not accept ...
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... gentleman maintained that the art of printing had hurt real learning , by disseminating idle writings . - JOHNSON . Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all ; for books would have perished ...
... gentleman maintained that the art of printing had hurt real learning , by disseminating idle writings . - JOHNSON . Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all ; for books would have perished ...
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James Boswell. 28 EFFECTS OF WINE ON CONVERSATION [ 1776 Talking of a penurious gentleman of our acquaintance , Johnson said , ' Sir , he is narrow , not so much from avarice , as from impotence to spend his money . He cannot find in his ...
James Boswell. 28 EFFECTS OF WINE ON CONVERSATION [ 1776 Talking of a penurious gentleman of our acquaintance , Johnson said , ' Sir , he is narrow , not so much from avarice , as from impotence to spend his money . He cannot find in his ...
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... gentleman ; but I will not allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them ...
... gentleman ; but I will not allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them ...
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