The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Volum 31851 |
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... showed that a man who has risen in the world must not be condemned too harshly for being distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished that a proper degree of ...
... showed that a man who has risen in the world must not be condemned too harshly for being distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished that a proper degree of ...
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... showed him , as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abys- sinia , " which Sir John Pringles had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or ...
... showed him , as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abys- sinia , " which Sir John Pringles had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or ...
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... showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter : " No man but a blockhead ever ...
... showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter : " No man but a blockhead ever ...
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... showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' com- pany . I visited him ...
... showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' com- pany . I visited him ...
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... showed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing . I told him , that when the ancients made a simile they always made it like something real . ” 3 6 Mr. Wilkes remarked , that " among all the ...
... showed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing . I told him , that when the ancients made a simile they always made it like something real . ” 3 6 Mr. Wilkes remarked , that " among all the ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to ..., Volum 3 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1831 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volum 3 James Boswell Visualització de fragments - 1909 |
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