Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
... heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
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... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . -I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which is ...
... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . -I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which is ...
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... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , ' he wished he had learnt to play at cards . ' The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in ...
... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , ' he wished he had learnt to play at cards . ' The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in ...
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... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compli- ment : ' I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go ...
... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compli- ment : ' I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . ' We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go ...
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... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded Muse , whipt with loose reins . ' I like to recollect all the passages that I heard Johnson re- peat it stamps a value on them . 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 21 He told.
... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded Muse , whipt with loose reins . ' I like to recollect all the passages that I heard Johnson re- peat it stamps a value on them . 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 21 He told.
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