Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 6Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... written , which I hoped he would be so good as to read , and pick out the good ones . JOHNSON : ' Nay , his Lordship can display , I cannot but suspect that his unfavourable appearance in a social circle , which drew such animadversions ...
... written , which I hoped he would be so good as to read , and pick out the good ones . JOHNSON : ' Nay , his Lordship can display , I cannot but suspect that his unfavourable appearance in a social circle , which drew such animadversions ...
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... writing his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland . Such was his sensibility , and so much was he affected by pathetic poetry , that when he was read- ing Dr. Beattie's Hermit , in my presence , it brought tears into his eyes.1 He ...
... writing his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland . Such was his sensibility , and so much was he affected by pathetic poetry , that when he was read- ing Dr. Beattie's Hermit , in my presence , it brought tears into his eyes.1 He ...
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... written on that science . ' -Preface to Anecdotes of Painting in England . 2 The introductory lines are these : ' It is difficult to avoid praising too little or too much . The boundless panegyrics which have been lavished upon the ...
... written on that science . ' -Preface to Anecdotes of Painting in England . 2 The introductory lines are these : ' It is difficult to avoid praising too little or too much . The boundless panegyrics which have been lavished upon the ...
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... written by a Prince of Spain , with the assistance of his tutor , who is professedly the author of a treatise annexed , on the Phoenician language . Mr. Cambridge commended the work , particularly as he thought the translator understood ...
... written by a Prince of Spain , with the assistance of his tutor , who is professedly the author of a treatise annexed , on the Phoenician language . Mr. Cambridge commended the work , particularly as he thought the translator understood ...
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... for many years after this passage was written . He died at his seat near Twickenham , Sept. 17 , 1802 , in his eighty - sixth year.-M. ] concern , not only for their comfort in this world 32 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1783.
... for many years after this passage was written . He died at his seat near Twickenham , Sept. 17 , 1802 , in his eighty - sixth year.-M. ] concern , not only for their comfort in this world 32 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1783.
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