Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... means but drinking . ' We stopped at Messieurs Dillys , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough . I called at his house in the even- ing , having promised to ...
... means but drinking . ' We stopped at Messieurs Dillys , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough . I called at his house in the even- ing , having promised to ...
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... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
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... means of terrour and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
... means of terrour and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
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... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participa- tion of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear - baiting , will raise the spirits of a ...
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participa- tion of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear - baiting , will raise the spirits of a ...
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... means by stealth , ' and instead of blushing to find it fame , ' acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . I have seen no beings who do as much good from benevolence , as she does , from whatever motive . there are such under the earth ...
... means by stealth , ' and instead of blushing to find it fame , ' acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . I have seen no beings who do as much good from benevolence , as she does , from whatever motive . there are such under the earth ...
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