Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 25
... considering for how many ages books were preserved by writing alone . " The same gentleman maintained , that a general diffusion of knowledge among a people was a disadvantage ; for it made the vulgar rise above their humble sphere ...
... considering for how many ages books were preserved by writing alone . " The same gentleman maintained , that a general diffusion of knowledge among a people was a disadvantage ; for it made the vulgar rise above their humble sphere ...
Stran 27
... consider what is the meaning of purging in the original sense . It is to expel impurities from the human body . The mind is subject to the same imperfection . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with ...
... consider what is the meaning of purging in the original sense . It is to expel impurities from the human body . The mind is subject to the same imperfection . The passions are the great movers of human actions ; but they are mixed with ...
Stran 33
... consider , Sir , our own state : our religion is in a book ; we have an order of men whose duty it is to teach it ; we have one day in the week set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross ...
... consider , Sir , our own state : our religion is in a book ; we have an order of men whose duty it is to teach it ; we have one day in the week set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross ...
Stran 37
... consider , that superiour attention will necessarily be paid to superiour for- tune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank ...
... consider , that superiour attention will necessarily be paid to superiour for- tune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank ...
Stran 48
... consider my situation ; I carried the message , and I assured Mr. Dilly that Dr. Johnson was to come , and no doubt he has made a dinner , and invited a com- pany , and boasted of the honour he expected to have . I shall be quite ...
... consider my situation ; I carried the message , and I assured Mr. Dilly that Dr. Johnson was to come , and no doubt he has made a dinner , and invited a com- pany , and boasted of the honour he expected to have . I shall be quite ...
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