Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... writing , dis- tinguished him . Having given Dr. Johnson a full account of what I was doing at Auchinleck , and particularly mentioned what I knew would please him , -my having brought an old man of eighty - eight from a lonely cottage ...
... writing , dis- tinguished him . Having given Dr. Johnson a full account of what I was doing at Auchinleck , and particularly mentioned what I knew would please him , -my having brought an old man of eighty - eight from a lonely cottage ...
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... written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking who it was , answered , ' Lord Bute , when he signed the warrant for your pension . Upon which , Johnson , struck with the repartee , acknow ledged that this was true ...
... written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking who it was , answered , ' Lord Bute , when he signed the warrant for your pension . Upon which , Johnson , struck with the repartee , acknow ledged that this was true ...
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... written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . I may as well make a 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 ...
... written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . I may as well make a 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 ...
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... written , after he has had ex- perience of life . At first there is a great deal to be written , because there is a great deal of novelty ; but when once a man has settled his opinions , there is seldom much to be set down , ' " There ...
... written , after he has had ex- perience of life . At first there is a great deal to be written , because there is a great deal of novelty ; but when once a man has settled his opinions , there is seldom much to be set down , ' " There ...
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... written . ' I praised the accuracy of an account - book of a lady whom I mentioned . JOHNSON : ' Keeping accounts , sir , is of no use when a man is spending his own money , and has nobody to whom he is to account . You won't eat less ...
... written . ' I praised the accuracy of an account - book of a lady whom I mentioned . JOHNSON : ' Keeping accounts , sir , is of no use when a man is spending his own money , and has nobody to whom he is to account . You won't eat less ...
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