Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, 1896 |
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... conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . ' Why he thought so I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that ' Akenside was a superior poet both to Gray and ...
... conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . ' Why he thought so I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that ' Akenside was a superior poet both to Gray and ...
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... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , ' Sir , there sel- dom is any such conversation . ' BOSWELL : ' Why then meet at table ? ' JOHNSON : Why , to eat and drink together , and to promote kindness ; and , sir , this is ...
... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , ' Sir , there sel- dom is any such conversation . ' BOSWELL : ' Why then meet at table ? ' JOHNSON : Why , to eat and drink together , and to promote kindness ; and , sir , this is ...
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... conversation so as to exhibit it with any degree of its original flavour , it was necessary to write it down without delay . To record his sayings , after some distance of time , was like preserving or pickling long - kept and faded ...
... conversation so as to exhibit it with any degree of its original flavour , it was necessary to write it down without delay . To record his sayings , after some distance of time , was like preserving or pickling long - kept and faded ...
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