Boswell's Life of JohnsonScott, Foresman, 1923 - 563 strani |
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... William Blake's apothegm : " If a fool would persist in his folly , he would become wise . " Boswell was not wise ; but at least he retained to the end of his life the force of his own individuality . This fact , hardly discernible in ...
... William Blake's apothegm : " If a fool would persist in his folly , he would become wise . " Boswell was not wise ; but at least he retained to the end of his life the force of his own individuality . This fact , hardly discernible in ...
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... William Hazlitt , before him , have called an experiencing nature . He took things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of observation and reflection . So he was schooled into ...
... William Hazlitt , before him , have called an experiencing nature . He took things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of observation and reflection . So he was schooled into ...
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... William Law . " The best way , " he says , " for anyone to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask himself how much will make him easy at the hour of ...
... William Law . " The best way , " he says , " for anyone to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask himself how much will make him easy at the hour of ...
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... William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows - that the mild but judicious expostulations of this worthy man made him really ashamed of himself , though I fear , ' said he , ' I was too proud to own it ...
... William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows - that the mild but judicious expostulations of this worthy man made him really ashamed of himself , though I fear , ' said he , ' I was too proud to own it ...
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... his perusal ; and that when it was lying upon his table , Mr. William Whitehead happened to pay him a visit , and being shown it , was highly 1747 ] THE DICTIONARY BEGUN 37 pleased with such parts 36 [ 1747 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... his perusal ; and that when it was lying upon his table , Mr. William Whitehead happened to pay him a visit , and being shown it , was highly 1747 ] THE DICTIONARY BEGUN 37 pleased with such parts 36 [ 1747 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Together with Boswell's Journal of a ..., Količina 3 James Boswell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1934 |
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