Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... formed the Club , John- son naturally assumed the leadership ; but to think of him as a moderator at a debating or literary society is to mis- 1 Hill's Life , III , 261 . 2 Ibid . , II , 517 , n . 2 . take the purpose for which the Club ...
... formed the Club , John- son naturally assumed the leadership ; but to think of him as a moderator at a debating or literary society is to mis- 1 Hill's Life , III , 261 . 2 Ibid . , II , 517 , n . 2 . take the purpose for which the Club ...
x. oldal
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. take the purpose for which the Club was formed and the character of its leader . The members did discuss books and authors and grave questions of the hour , but they met solely for the pleasure of ...
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. take the purpose for which the Club was formed and the character of its leader . The members did discuss books and authors and grave questions of the hour , but they met solely for the pleasure of ...
17. oldal
... formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one inscribed ' When my EYE was restored ...
... formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one inscribed ' When my EYE was restored ...
29. oldal
... formed his judgement of others , we may be absolutely certain , both from his writings and his conversation , that his reading was very extensive . Dr. Adam Smith , 2 than whom few were better judges on this subject , once observed to ...
... formed his judgement of others , we may be absolutely certain , both from his writings and his conversation , that his reading was very extensive . Dr. Adam Smith , 2 than whom few were better judges on this subject , once observed to ...
31. oldal
... formed any close intimacies with his fellow - collegians . But Dr. Adams told me that he con- tracted a love and regard for Pembroke College , which he retained to the last . A short time before his death he sent to that College a ...
... formed any close intimacies with his fellow - collegians . But Dr. Adams told me that he con- tracted a love and regard for Pembroke College , which he retained to the last . A short time before his death he sent to that College a ...
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