Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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... short conversation with one of his servants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with his funeral . ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these THE BUSINESS OF A BIOGRAPHER ...
... short conversation with one of his servants , than from a formal and studied narrative , begun with his pedigree , and ended with his funeral . ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these THE BUSINESS OF A BIOGRAPHER ...
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James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these nar ratives are often written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are ...
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. ' There are indeed , some natural reasons why these nar ratives are often written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are ...
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... reason to doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly ...
... reason to doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly ...
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... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's mo- tive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been entrusted to him in confidence ; and exposed a complaint of his young ...
... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's mo- tive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been entrusted to him in confidence ; and exposed a complaint of his young ...
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... reason , the disturbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fancied himself seized by it , or approaching to it , at the very ...
... reason , the disturbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fancied himself seized by it , or approaching to it , at the very ...
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