Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6A. Constable and Company, Limited, 1901 |
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Stran 19
... told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel insanivimus omnes was taken . He could not do it ; but , many years after- wards , met with it by chance in Johannes Baptista Mantuanus.1 1 [ The words occur ...
... told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel insanivimus omnes was taken . He could not do it ; but , many years after- wards , met with it by chance in Johannes Baptista Mantuanus.1 1 [ The words occur ...
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... ? ' - ' From bad habit ( he replied ) . Do you , my dear , take care to guard against bad habits . ' This I was told by the young lady's brother at Margate . with whom we are accustomed to live , yet this ET . 74 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 21.
... ? ' - ' From bad habit ( he replied ) . Do you , my dear , take care to guard against bad habits . ' This I was told by the young lady's brother at Margate . with whom we are accustomed to live , yet this ET . 74 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 21.
Stran 24
... told me that he dined the day before at a friend's house , with a very pretty company ' ; and I asked him if there was good conversation , he answered , ' No , sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed ...
... told me that he dined the day before at a friend's house , with a very pretty company ' ; and I asked him if there was good conversation , he answered , ' No , sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed ...
Stran 32
... told their own story , without shame or regard to equitable treatment of their injured enemy ; they had no compunction , no feeling for a Carthaginian . Why , sir , they would never have borne Virgil's description of Æneas's treatment ...
... told their own story , without shame or regard to equitable treatment of their injured enemy ; they had no compunction , no feeling for a Carthaginian . Why , sir , they would never have borne Virgil's description of Æneas's treatment ...
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... told . Gravina , an Italian critic , observes , that every man desires to see that of which he has read , but no man desires to read an account of what he has seen so much does description fall short of reality . Description only ...
... told . Gravina , an Italian critic , observes , that every man desires to see that of which he has read , but no man desires to read an account of what he has seen so much does description fall short of reality . Description only ...
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