Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... pounds , or five hun- dred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed both that a 1 A gentleman , who from his extraordinary stores of knowledge , has been stiled omniscient . Johnson , I think very properly , altered it to all- knowing ...
... pounds , or five hun- dred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed both that a 1 A gentleman , who from his extraordinary stores of knowledge , has been stiled omniscient . Johnson , I think very properly , altered it to all- knowing ...
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... pounds to a 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 ...
... pounds to a 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 ...
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... pounds ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it to be some trick , nor did he even look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he ...
... pounds ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it to be some trick , nor did he even look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East Indies of whom he ...
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... pounds for his labour beside a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . — Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , beside the advantage of many of the best Lives in the work being communicated by friends to the undertaking ...
... pounds for his labour beside a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . — Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , beside the advantage of many of the best Lives in the work being communicated by friends to the undertaking ...
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... pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get by this bargain , but trouble and hazard , I do not see . I am , dear Sir , your ...
... pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get by this bargain , but trouble and hazard , I do not see . I am , dear Sir , your ...
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