Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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v. oldal
... knew no bodily fear . At one time 2 he was attacked by four footpads , yet managed to beat them off and to hold them at bay until the arrival of the watch . On another occasion , 2 Boswell tells us , Johnson , finding that courtesy ...
... knew no bodily fear . At one time 2 he was attacked by four footpads , yet managed to beat them off and to hold them at bay until the arrival of the watch . On another occasion , 2 Boswell tells us , Johnson , finding that courtesy ...
vii. oldal
... knew him well soon for- got his uncouthness . " His conversation , " says Boswell , " soon charmed [ Mrs. Boswell ] into a forgetfulness of his personal appearance . " In the Memoirs of Dr. Burney ( 11 , 91 ) , Fanny Burney , describing ...
... knew him well soon for- got his uncouthness . " His conversation , " says Boswell , " soon charmed [ Mrs. Boswell ] into a forgetfulness of his personal appearance . " In the Memoirs of Dr. Burney ( 11 , 91 ) , Fanny Burney , describing ...
4. oldal
... knew ; whom , if he should quarrel with him , he should find the most difficulty how to abuse . " . You , my dear Sir , studied him , and knew him well : you venerated and admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you ...
... knew ; whom , if he should quarrel with him , he should find the most difficulty how to abuse . " . You , my dear Sir , studied him , and knew him well : you venerated and admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you ...
9. oldal
... knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumulation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood and illustrated . Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of ...
... knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumulation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood and illustrated . Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of ...
15. oldal
... knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed those early impressions of religion upon the mind of her son , from which the world afterwards derived so much benefit . He told me ...
... knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed those early impressions of religion upon the mind of her son , from which the world afterwards derived so much benefit . He told me ...
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