Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 6
... tion . I know not why a motto , the usual trapping of periodical papers , is prefixed to very few of the Idlers , as I have heard Johnson commend the custom : and he never could be at a loss for one , his memory being stored with ...
... tion . I know not why a motto , the usual trapping of periodical papers , is prefixed to very few of the Idlers , as I have heard Johnson commend the custom : and he never could be at a loss for one , his memory being stored with ...
Stran 8
... tion of plagiarism than , perhaps , any of our writers . In the Idler , however , there is a paper , in which con- versation is assimilated to a bowl of punch , where there is the same train of comparison as in a poem by Blacklock , in ...
... tion of plagiarism than , perhaps , any of our writers . In the Idler , however , there is a paper , in which con- versation is assimilated to a bowl of punch , where there is the same train of comparison as in a poem by Blacklock , in ...
Stran 25
... tion to his plan . If it should be remarked that this was a controversy which lay quite out of Johnson's way , let it be remem- bered , that after all , his employing his powers of reasoning and eloquence upon a subject which he had ...
... tion to his plan . If it should be remarked that this was a controversy which lay quite out of Johnson's way , let it be remem- bered , that after all , his employing his powers of reasoning and eloquence upon a subject which he had ...
Stran 27
... tion jocularly to allow to historians . " There are ( said he ) inexcusable lies , and consecrated lies . For instance , we are told that on the arrival of the news of the unfortunate battle of Fontenoy , every heart beat and every eye ...
... tion jocularly to allow to historians . " There are ( said he ) inexcusable lies , and consecrated lies . For instance , we are told that on the arrival of the news of the unfortunate battle of Fontenoy , every heart beat and every eye ...
Stran 38
... tion . Trust as little as you can to report : examine all you can by your own senses . I do not doubt but you will be able to add much to knowledge , and , perhaps , to medicine . Wild nations trust to simples ; and , perhaps , the ...
... tion . Trust as little as you can to report : examine all you can by your own senses . I do not doubt but you will be able to add much to knowledge , and , perhaps , to medicine . Wild nations trust to simples ; and , perhaps , the ...
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