Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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Stran 48
... dinner he told us of a curious " There where no statesman buys , no bishop sells ; A virtuous palace where no monarch dwells . ' An Epitaph . Hamilton's Poems , ed . 1760 , p . 260. See ante , iii . 170 . * The stanza from which he took ...
... dinner he told us of a curious " There where no statesman buys , no bishop sells ; A virtuous palace where no monarch dwells . ' An Epitaph . Hamilton's Poems , ed . 1760 , p . 260. See ante , iii . 170 . * The stanza from which he took ...
Stran 50
... dinner as we could . Our Scotch muir - fowl , or growse , were then abundant , and quite in sea- son ; and so far as wisdom and wit can be aided by admin- istering agreeable sensations to the palate , my wife took care that our great ...
... dinner as we could . Our Scotch muir - fowl , or growse , were then abundant , and quite in sea- son ; and so far as wisdom and wit can be aided by admin- istering agreeable sensations to the palate , my wife took care that our great ...
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... dinner this day , we had Sir Alexander Dick , whose amiable character , and ingenious and cultivated mind , are so generally known ; ( he was then on the verge of seventy , and is now ( 1785 ) eighty - one , with his faculties entire ...
... dinner this day , we had Sir Alexander Dick , whose amiable character , and ingenious and cultivated mind , are so generally known ; ( he was then on the verge of seventy , and is now ( 1785 ) eighty - one , with his faculties entire ...
Stran 65
... dinner at Mr. Dilly's , described ante , ii . 387 , ' Dr. Johnson compared England and Scotland to two lions , the one saturated with his belly full , and the other prowling for prey . He defied any one to produce a classical book ...
... dinner at Mr. Dilly's , described ante , ii . 387 , ' Dr. Johnson compared England and Scotland to two lions , the one saturated with his belly full , and the other prowling for prey . He defied any one to produce a classical book ...
Stran 68
... dinner , the outer- gate of the court - yard , if there was one , and if not , the door of the house itself , was always shut and locked . ' In a note on this he says : -The custom of keeping the door of a house or chateau locked dur ...
... dinner , the outer- gate of the court - yard , if there was one , and if not , the door of the house itself , was always shut and locked . ' In a note on this he says : -The custom of keeping the door of a house or chateau locked dur ...
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