Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1. kötetOxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 oldal |
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... I had this anecdote from Dr. Adams , and Dr. Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : ' Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' 1730 ] A NEST OF SINGING - BIRDS 51D I.
... I had this anecdote from Dr. Adams , and Dr. Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : ' Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' 1730 ] A NEST OF SINGING - BIRDS 51D I.
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of con- nubial felicity ; but there is no doubt ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of con- nubial felicity ; but there is no doubt ...
70. oldal
... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
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... Sure , thou art an errour of nature , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art immortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of the ...
... Sure , thou art an errour of nature , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art immortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of the ...
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... Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . ' OLDHAM's , though less elegant , is more just : ' Nothing in poverty so ill is borne , As its exposing men to grinning scorn . ' Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry ...
... Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . ' OLDHAM's , though less elegant , is more just : ' Nothing in poverty so ill is borne , As its exposing men to grinning scorn . ' Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry ...
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