Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... wish the old gentleman , whom you have so kindly removed , may live long to promote your prosperity by his prayers . You have now a new character and new duties ; think on them and practise them . ' Make an impartial estimate of your ...
... wish the old gentleman , whom you have so kindly removed , may live long to promote your prosperity by his prayers . You have now a new character and new duties ; think on them and practise them . ' Make an impartial estimate of your ...
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... wish for that of a private company . A man accustomed to throw for a thousand pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from ...
... wish for that of a private company . A man accustomed to throw for a thousand pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from ...
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... wishes it ; but I do not see its use . ' I main- tained that keeping an account had this advantage , that it satisfies a man that his money has not been lost or stolen , which he might sometimes be apt to imagine , were there no written ...
... wishes it ; but I do not see its use . ' I main- tained that keeping an account had this advantage , that it satisfies a man that his money has not been lost or stolen , which he might sometimes be apt to imagine , were there no written ...
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... wish he would publish another volume of the Nuga antiquæ ; 1 it is a very pretty book . ' 2 Mr. Seward seconded this wish , and recommended to Dr. Harrington to dedicate it to Johnson , and take for his motto what Catullus says to ...
... wish he would publish another volume of the Nuga antiquæ ; 1 it is a very pretty book . ' 2 Mr. Seward seconded this wish , and recommended to Dr. Harrington to dedicate it to Johnson , and take for his motto what Catullus says to ...
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... wish were general . Such was the heat and irritability of his blood that not only did he pare his nails to the quick , but scraped the joints of his fingers with a penknife , till they seemed quite red and raw . The heterogeneous ...
... wish were general . Such was the heat and irritability of his blood that not only did he pare his nails to the quick , but scraped the joints of his fingers with a penknife , till they seemed quite red and raw . The heterogeneous ...
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