Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... language intelligible to the meanest capacity . An instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice ...
... language intelligible to the meanest capacity . An instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice ...
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... language . Mr. Cambridge commended the work , particularly as he thought the translator understood his author better than is commonly the case with translators ; but said he was disappointed in the purpose for which he borrowed the book ...
... language . Mr. Cambridge commended the work , particularly as he thought the translator understood his author better than is commonly the case with translators ; but said he was disappointed in the purpose for which he borrowed the book ...
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... language ; -JOHNSON : ' It must have come by inspiration . A thousand , nay , a million of children could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not under- standing enough to form a language ; by the time that ...
... language ; -JOHNSON : ' It must have come by inspiration . A thousand , nay , a million of children could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not under- standing enough to form a language ; by the time that ...
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... language ? ' JOHN- SON : ' Originally there were not ; but by using words negligently , or in poetry , one word comes to be con- founded with another . ' He talked of Dr. Dodd . A friend of mine ( said he ) came to me and told me , that ...
... language ? ' JOHN- SON : ' Originally there were not ; but by using words negligently , or in poetry , one word comes to be con- founded with another . ' He talked of Dr. Dodd . A friend of mine ( said he ) came to me and told me , that ...
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... Language is scanty and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mixtures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions , which contain a ...
... Language is scanty and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mixtures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions , which contain a ...
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