Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 3Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 8
... observed , that we could have no certainty of the truth of super- natural appearances , unless something was told us which we could not know by ordinary means , or some- thing done which could not be done but by super- natural power ...
... observed , that we could have no certainty of the truth of super- natural appearances , unless something was told us which we could not know by ordinary means , or some- thing done which could not be done but by super- natural power ...
Stran 11
... powers ; great acuteness of observation , great retention of what is observed , and great pliancy of organs , to represent what is observed . I remember a lady of quality in this town , Lady who was ET . 63 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 11.
... powers ; great acuteness of observation , great retention of what is observed , and great pliancy of organs , to represent what is observed . I remember a lady of quality in this town , Lady who was ET . 63 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 11.
Stran 13
... observed that Leibnitz had made some progress in a work , tracing all languages up to the Hebrew . Why , sir ( said he ) , you would not imagine that the French jour , day , is 6 derived from the Latin dies , and yet nothing is ET . 63 ...
... observed that Leibnitz had made some progress in a work , tracing all languages up to the Hebrew . Why , sir ( said he ) , you would not imagine that the French jour , day , is 6 derived from the Latin dies , and yet nothing is ET . 63 ...
Stran 14
... observed that the Bohemian language was true Sclavonic . The Swede said it had some similarity with the German . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , to be sure , such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany will borrow German words ; and such ...
... observed that the Bohemian language was true Sclavonic . The Swede said it had some similarity with the German . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , to be sure , such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany will borrow German words ; and such ...
Stran 15
... observed that the Chancellors in England are chosen from views much inferior to the office , being chosen from temporary political views . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , in such a government as ours , no man is appointed to an office because ...
... observed that the Chancellors in England are chosen from views much inferior to the office , being chosen from temporary political views . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , in such a government as ours , no man is appointed to an office because ...
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