Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 3Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... present , sir , I think riches seem to gain most respect . ' JOHNSON : ' No , sir , riches do not gain hearty respect ; they only procure external attention . A very rich man from low begin- nings , may buy his election in a borough ...
... present , sir , I think riches seem to gain most respect . ' JOHNSON : ' No , sir , riches do not gain hearty respect ; they only procure external attention . A very rich man from low begin- nings , may buy his election in a borough ...
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... present Earl of March- mont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop in London , where he was not known , said to him , ' I suppose , sir , you are an American . ' ' Why so , sir ? ' ( said his Lordship ) ...
... present Earl of March- mont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop in London , where he was not known , said to him , ' I suppose , sir , you are an American . ' ' Why so , sir ? ' ( said his Lordship ) ...
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... present King . But the men of Wolverhampton were not so inflam- mable as the Common Council of London ; so Mr. Elwal failed in his scheme of making himself a man of great consequence . ' On Tuesday , March 31 , he and I dined at General ...
... present King . But the men of Wolverhampton were not so inflam- mable as the Common Council of London ; so Mr. Elwal failed in his scheme of making himself a man of great consequence . ' On Tuesday , March 31 , he and I dined at General ...
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... present Earl of Buchan , when Lord Cardross , did right to refuse to go secretary of the Embassy to Spain , when Sir James Gray , a man of inferior rank , went ambassador . Dr. Johnson said that perhaps in point of interest he did wrong ...
... present Earl of Buchan , when Lord Cardross , did right to refuse to go secretary of the Embassy to Spain , when Sir James Gray , a man of inferior rank , went ambassador . Dr. Johnson said that perhaps in point of interest he did wrong ...
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... present pain : and how much of that was required no man is so little able to determine as those who have determined against him - the parents of the offenders . It has been said that he used un- precedented and improper instruments of ...
... present pain : and how much of that was required no man is so little able to determine as those who have determined against him - the parents of the offenders . It has been said that he used un- precedented and improper instruments of ...
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