Boswell's Life of JohnsonScott, Foresman, 1923 - 563 strani |
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Stran 9
... things they had done . He did not think society unimprovable , but neither did he think it perfectible . Civilization , men's habits of living in the mass , he thought pretty well rooted in human nature . " No , sir , " he once said ...
... things they had done . He did not think society unimprovable , but neither did he think it perfectible . Civilization , men's habits of living in the mass , he thought pretty well rooted in human nature . " No , sir , " he once said ...
Stran 10
... things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of ... thing as leading a consistent life . Modern publishers have a habit of covering a book with a jacket of paper , on which they ...
... things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of ... thing as leading a consistent life . Modern publishers have a habit of covering a book with a jacket of paper , on which they ...
Stran 15
... things may be wrong about this reasoning ; it may be based on false assumptions ; it may leave some important matters wholly out of account ; but could anything be more consistent with itself ? There are a few other points on which we ...
... things may be wrong about this reasoning ; it may be based on false assumptions ; it may leave some important matters wholly out of account ; but could anything be more consistent with itself ? There are a few other points on which we ...
Stran 19
... things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sen- sation of gloomy wretchedness . From him , then , his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which , in his too strong expression of any ...
... things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sen- sation of gloomy wretchedness . From him , then , his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which , in his too strong expression of any ...
Stran 30
... things he published . Johnson , however , has said of him : " He saw little at a time , but that little he saw with great exactness . He was long in finding the right , but seldom failed to find it at last . " 1738 ] REPORTS PARLIAMENT ...
... things he published . Johnson , however , has said of him : " He saw little at a time , but that little he saw with great exactness . He was long in finding the right , but seldom failed to find it at last . " 1738 ] REPORTS PARLIAMENT ...
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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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