Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 2
... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a ...
... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a ...
Stran 8
... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and disadvantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of ...
... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and disadvantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of ...
Stran 12
... talked of the Roman Catholick religion . JOHNSON . ' In the barbarous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but afterwards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indul- gencies to priests to ...
... talked of the Roman Catholick religion . JOHNSON . ' In the barbarous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but afterwards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indul- gencies to priests to ...
Stran 23
... talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that he was thirty years in preparing his History , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better than ...
... talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that he was thirty years in preparing his History , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better than ...
Stran 24
... talked of Abel Drugger as a small part ; and related , with pleasant vanity , that a Frenchman who had seen him in one of his low characters , exclaimed , ' Comment ! je ne le crois pas . Ce n'est pas Monsieur Garrick , ce Grand Homme ...
... talked of Abel Drugger as a small part ; and related , with pleasant vanity , that a Frenchman who had seen him in one of his low characters , exclaimed , ' Comment ! je ne le crois pas . Ce n'est pas Monsieur Garrick , ce Grand Homme ...
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