Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1. kötetTimes Book Club, 1912 |
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xiii. oldal
... praise , yet next to its generous scale , one may harmlessly refer to the per- fection of its method . This was no happy chance , no mere bit of good fortune , but the result of a real genius for portraiture , coupled with that infinite ...
... praise , yet next to its generous scale , one may harmlessly refer to the per- fection of its method . This was no happy chance , no mere bit of good fortune , but the result of a real genius for portraiture , coupled with that infinite ...
xvi. oldal
... praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shown an over - exultation which provoked his spleen , or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord ...
... praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shown an over - exultation which provoked his spleen , or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord ...
xvii. oldal
... Boswell is entitled to the praise of a glorious intrepidity . There But what was Boswell's method ? The question is made difficult by the fact that Boswell's enormous success has INTRODUCTION xvii the trouble to go in quest of it. There ...
... Boswell is entitled to the praise of a glorious intrepidity . There But what was Boswell's method ? The question is made difficult by the fact that Boswell's enormous success has INTRODUCTION xvii the trouble to go in quest of it. There ...
xxix. oldal
... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
xxxiv. oldal
... praise of my Work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchin- leck . An honourable and reverend ...
... praise of my Work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchin- leck . An honourable and reverend ...
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