Boswell's Life of Johnson, 5. kötetBigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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28. oldal
... seemed to her then a child of about four months old . pearance of listening to him . to be intended for her amusement ; and when he stopped , she fluttered , and made a little infantine noise , and a kind of signal for him to begin ...
... seemed to her then a child of about four months old . pearance of listening to him . to be intended for her amusement ; and when he stopped , she fluttered , and made a little infantine noise , and a kind of signal for him to begin ...
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... seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . I was , I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France ...
... seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . I was , I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France ...
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... seemed to me to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ' ; for I once took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . He said to - day , ' Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In ...
... seemed to me to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ' ; for I once took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . He said to - day , ' Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In ...
52. oldal
... seemed to be much surprized , when Dr. Johnson said , ' it was easier to him to write poetry than to compose his Dictionary . His mind was less on the stretch in doing the one than the other . Besides ; composing a Dictionary requires ...
... seemed to be much surprized , when Dr. Johnson said , ' it was easier to him to write poetry than to compose his Dictionary . His mind was less on the stretch in doing the one than the other . Besides ; composing a Dictionary requires ...
65. oldal
... seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfort- able and genteel accommodation ' . he had more literature than had been imported from Scotland since the days of Buchanan . Upon the other's mentioning other eminent ...
... seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfort- able and genteel accommodation ' . he had more literature than had been imported from Scotland since the days of Buchanan . Upon the other's mentioning other eminent ...
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