Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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James Boswell Augustine Birrell. wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an English- man high in this country , and yet ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an English- man high in this country , and yet ...
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... characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his lifetime , because he may be hurt in ... character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof ...
... characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his lifetime , because he may be hurt in ... character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof ...
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... character which were treasured in his mind , and which he was wont to produce quite unexpectedly in a very enter- taining manner . ' I lately ( said he ) received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I for- merly knew ...
... character which were treasured in his mind , and which he was wont to produce quite unexpectedly in a very enter- taining manner . ' I lately ( said he ) received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I for- merly knew ...
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... characters ; and none could observe them better , as was evident from the strong , yet nice portraits which he often drew . I have fre- quently thought that if he had made out what the French call une catalogue raisonnée of all the ...
... characters ; and none could observe them better , as was evident from the strong , yet nice portraits which he often drew . I have fre- quently thought that if he had made out what the French call une catalogue raisonnée of all the ...
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... character . ' We have been induced to enter thus circumstantially into the fore- going detail of facts relating to the Lives of the Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred prin- ciple of ...
... character . ' We have been induced to enter thus circumstantially into the fore- going detail of facts relating to the Lives of the Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred prin- ciple of ...
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acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne Auchinleck believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop censure character Cibber consider conversation Court of Session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd Dodd's doubt drink edition Elkanah Settle English favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope Hugo Grotius humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Edinburgh judge KNOWLES lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo madam mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets praise recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland sermons Seward Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Soame Jenyns Streatham style suppose sure talked Taylor tell things thought Thrale tion told truth uneasy Whig Wilkes William wine wish write written wrote