Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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... mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may some- times be disappointed of its gratifications ...
... mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may some- times be disappointed of its gratifications ...
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... mind and fortunes , he never had persever- ing diligence enough to form them into a regular compo- sition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his ...
... mind and fortunes , he never had persever- ing diligence enough to form them into a regular compo- sition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his ...
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... mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melanchthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time , by informing us , that when he had made an appointment , he expected not only the hour , but the minute to be fixed ...
... mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melanchthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time , by informing us , that when he had made an appointment , he expected not only the hour , but the minute to be fixed ...
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... mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resem- blance of the original . ' 1 I am fully aware of the objections which may be ...
... mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resem- blance of the original . ' 1 I am fully aware of the objections which may be ...
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... mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects . are well known to be a ...
... mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects . are well known to be a ...
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