Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... present royal family has no friends , has been too much justified by the very un- grateful behaviour of many who were under great obligations to his Majesty ; at the same time there are honourable exceptions ; and the very next year ...
... present royal family has no friends , has been too much justified by the very un- grateful behaviour of many who were under great obligations to his Majesty ; at the same time there are honourable exceptions ; and the very next year ...
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... present , that in France as soon as a man of fashion marries he takes an opera girl into keeping ; and this he mentioned as a general custom . " Pray , sir ( said I ) , how many opera girls may there be ? " He answered , 66 About ...
... present , that in France as soon as a man of fashion marries he takes an opera girl into keeping ; and this he mentioned as a general custom . " Pray , sir ( said I ) , how many opera girls may there be ? " He answered , 66 About ...
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... present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a Mæcenas , and complained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who ...
... present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a Mæcenas , and complained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who ...
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... present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr. Johnson's eyes by using big words , spoke in a manner that was ...
... present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr. Johnson's eyes by using big words , spoke in a manner that was ...
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... present of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the University of Aberdeen , by David Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the ...
... present of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the University of Aberdeen , by David Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the ...
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