Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living ...
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living ...
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... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' 6 It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too ...
... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' 6 It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too ...
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... expecting to find it a dull book ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
... expecting to find it a dull book ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
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... expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
... expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
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... expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the inclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the ...
... expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the inclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the ...
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