Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first- rate men of learning from quitting the university . ' Undoubtedly , if this were the case , literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
... wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first- rate men of learning from quitting the university . ' Undoubtedly , if this were the case , literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
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... omniscient . Johnson , I think very properly , altered it to all - knowing , as it is a verbum solenne , appropriated to the Supreme Being . When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on 28 [ 1776 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... omniscient . Johnson , I think very properly , altered it to all - knowing , as it is a verbum solenne , appropriated to the Supreme Being . When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on 28 [ 1776 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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James Boswell Augustine Birrell. When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , ' I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get £ 200 or £ 500 by such a work . ' This showed both ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , ' I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get £ 200 or £ 500 by such a work . ' This showed both ...
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... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , ' Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . ' I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private ...
... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , ' Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . ' I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private ...
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... wish they would . come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded - he is a wit . No , sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
... wish they would . come up , or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded - he is a wit . No , sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevolence is mingled with vanity ...
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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