Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 25
... person eminently skilled in mathematics and the principles of architecture , answers to a string of questions drawn up by himself , touching the comparative strength of semicircular and elliptical arches . ' Now I cannot conceive how ...
... person eminently skilled in mathematics and the principles of architecture , answers to a string of questions drawn up by himself , touching the comparative strength of semicircular and elliptical arches . ' Now I cannot conceive how ...
Stran 39
... persons whom they solicit have to assist them , he wrote to her the following answer , with a copy of which I am ... person whom I had never seen , upon a supposition which I had no means of knowing to be true . There is no reason ...
... persons whom they solicit have to assist them , he wrote to her the following answer , with a copy of which I am ... person whom I had never seen , upon a supposition which I had no means of knowing to be true . There is no reason ...
Stran 42
... person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without any stipulation whatever , or even tacit under- standing that he ...
... person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without any stipulation whatever , or even tacit under- standing that he ...
Stran 45
... person to whom it is addressed : - TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE ' MY LORD , -When the bills were yesterday delivered to me by Mr. Wedderburne , I was informed by him of the future favours which his Majesty has , by your ...
... person to whom it is addressed : - TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE ' MY LORD , -When the bills were yesterday delivered to me by Mr. Wedderburne , I was informed by him of the future favours which his Majesty has , by your ...
Stran 54
... person at Edinburgh , in situations so unworthy of his brilliant powers , and behold Lord Loughborough at London , the change seems almost like one of the metamorphoses in Ovid ; and as his two preceptors , by refining his utterance ...
... person at Edinburgh , in situations so unworthy of his brilliant powers , and behold Lord Loughborough at London , the change seems almost like one of the metamorphoses in Ovid ; and as his two preceptors , by refining his utterance ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) James Boswell Omejen predogled - 1962 |
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