Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1. kötetThomas Y. Crowell, 1892 - 526 oldal |
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167. oldal
... praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of soli- tude , what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are empty ...
... praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of soli- tude , what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are empty ...
175. oldal
... praise of the ancient Romans . Thus : " ' I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome , which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind . The Romans , like others , as ...
... praise of the ancient Romans . Thus : " ' I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome , which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind . The Romans , like others , as ...
319. oldal
... praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion ...
... praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be taken as my real opinion ...
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