Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 8
... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
... wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage , you wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should ...
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... wish there were many places of a thou- sand a - year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
... wish there were many places of a thou- sand a - year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . Undoubtedly if this were the case , Literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
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... wish to know 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scri- veners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by attornies_and ...
... wish to know 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scri- veners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by attornies_and ...
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... wish they would come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , Sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
... wish they would come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , Sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
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... wish to go and live three years at Otaheité , or New - Zealand , in order to obtain a full acquain- tance with people , so totally different from all that we have ever known , and be satisfied what pure nature can do for man . JOHNSON ...
... wish to go and live three years at Otaheité , or New - Zealand , in order to obtain a full acquain- tance with people , so totally different from all that we have ever known , and be satisfied what pure nature can do for man . JOHNSON ...
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