Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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... shew why this joint production of three great writers has never obtained any notice from mankind . ' Arbuthnot was the author of John Bull . Swift wrote to Stella on May 10 , 1712 - I hope you read John Bull . It was a Scotch gentleman ...
... shew why this joint production of three great writers has never obtained any notice from mankind . ' Arbuthnot was the author of John Bull . Swift wrote to Stella on May 10 , 1712 - I hope you read John Bull . It was a Scotch gentleman ...
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... shew how much there is in the west ; and perhaps we shall find trade travel westward on a great scale , as well as a small . We talked of a man's drowning himself . JOHNSON . ' I should never think it time to make away with myself . ' I ...
... shew how much there is in the west ; and perhaps we shall find trade travel westward on a great scale , as well as a small . We talked of a man's drowning himself . JOHNSON . ' I should never think it time to make away with myself . ' I ...
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... shew that it is not age alone that can retire to pious solitude ; but he thought this would only shew that they could not resist temptation . He wanted to mount the steeples , but it could not be done . There are no good inscriptions ...
... shew that it is not age alone that can retire to pious solitude ; but he thought this would only shew that they could not resist temptation . He wanted to mount the steeples , but it could not be done . There are no good inscriptions ...
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... shew his great dexterity ; so that the art was well taught . JOHNSON . ' Were I studying here , I should go and take a lesson . member Hope , in his book on this art ' , says , " the Scotch are very good fencers . 999 I re- We returned ...
... shew his great dexterity ; so that the art was well taught . JOHNSON . ' Were I studying here , I should go and take a lesson . member Hope , in his book on this art ' , says , " the Scotch are very good fencers . 999 I re- We returned ...
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... shew , that , even admit- ting no effect to be produced by prayer , respecting the Deity , it was useful to our own minds ' . He had given only a part of his system . Dr. Johnson thought he should have given the whole . 1 Dr. Johnson ...
... shew , that , even admit- ting no effect to be produced by prayer , respecting the Deity , it was useful to our own minds ' . He had given only a part of his system . Dr. Johnson thought he should have given the whole . 1 Dr. Johnson ...
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