Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1. kötetTimes Book Club, 1912 |
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... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross expressions ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross expressions ...
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... given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed , in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the ...
... given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed , in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the ...
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... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
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... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exer- cises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exer- cises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
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... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin verse , as a Christmas exer- cise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained ...
... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin verse , as a Christmas exer- cise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained ...
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