Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, 1896 |
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... person should exert himself for a man who has written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . may as well make a present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a ...
... person should exert himself for a man who has written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . may as well make a present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an author expected to find a ...
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... person's name stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : ' Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat , To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote . ' It may be worth remarking , among the minutia ...
... person's name stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : ' Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat , To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote . ' It may be worth remarking , among the minutia ...
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... person , he observed , ' Sir , your assent to a man whom you have never known to falsify , is a debt ; but after you have known a man to falsify , your assent to him then is a favour . ' Though he had no taste for painting , he admired ...
... person , he observed , ' Sir , your assent to a man whom you have never known to falsify , is a debt ; but after you have known a man to falsify , your assent to him then is a favour . ' Though he had no taste for painting , he admired ...
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acquaintance ADAMS admirable afraid answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe Bennet Langton Bishop BOSWELL Brocklesby Burke Burney character Club compliment consider conversation dear sir death dined disease dropsy edition eminent entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy honour Hoole hope humble servant instance JAMES BOSWELL kind lady Langton late learned less letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Eliot Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad madam manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Pembroke College perhaps person physicians pleased pleasure praise prayers reason received recollect remarkable respect Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland seemed sick sincere Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell things thought Thrale tion told verses William WILLIAM GERARD HAMILTON Windham wish wonderful write written wrote