Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 36
... Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the immorality , and it should be put into the hands of every young gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired grad- ually and ...
... Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the immorality , and it should be put into the hands of every young gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired grad- ually and ...
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... letters were too long 2 ? Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and- what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
... letters were too long 2 ? Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections upon melancholy , and- what I could not help thinking strangely unreasonable in him who had suffered so much ...
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... letter to me was , " Dr. Johnson's Suasorium is pleasantly 1 and artfully com- posed . I suspect , however , that he has not convinced him- self ; for , I believe that he is better read in ecclesiastical history , than to imagine that a ...
... letter to me was , " Dr. Johnson's Suasorium is pleasantly 1 and artfully com- posed . I suspect , however , that he has not convinced him- self ; for , I believe that he is better read in ecclesiastical history , than to imagine that a ...
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... letter to him , discouraging the publication . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most successful theological books that has ever appeared . Mr. Strahan , however , had sent one of the ser- mons to Dr. Johnson for ...
... letter to him , discouraging the publication . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most successful theological books that has ever appeared . Mr. Strahan , however , had sent one of the ser- mons to Dr. Johnson for ...
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... letter : - " To GEORGE STEEVENS , Esq . ' DEAR SIR , You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith , whom we lamented as drowned , I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all , with promise to make the enquiries which we ...
... letter : - " To GEORGE STEEVENS , Esq . ' DEAR SIR , You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith , whom we lamented as drowned , I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all , with promise to make the enquiries which we ...
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