The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where he has now lived many years the object of royal regard and private ...
... mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where he has now lived many years the object of royal regard and private ...
Pagina 28
... means of which he can make another thing . But this applies to very few of the species . My definition of man is , " a cooking animal . " The beasts have memory , judg ment , and all the faculties and passions of our mind , in a certain ...
... means of which he can make another thing . But this applies to very few of the species . My definition of man is , " a cooking animal . " The beasts have memory , judg ment , and all the faculties and passions of our mind , in a certain ...
Pagina 33
... meaning seems to be that , in a fit of Jacobite jocu- larity , Johnson was willing , in consideration of the dissolution of the Union , to allow the Hanover family to reign in Scotland , inferring , of course , that the Stuarts were to ...
... meaning seems to be that , in a fit of Jacobite jocu- larity , Johnson was willing , in consideration of the dissolution of the Union , to allow the Hanover family to reign in Scotland , inferring , of course , that the Stuarts were to ...
Pagina 34
... mean , the Principal said to Dr. Johnson , that he must give them the same epithet that a Jesuit did when showing a poor college abroad : " Hæ miseriæ nostræ . " Dr. Johnson was , however , much pleased with the library , and with the ...
... mean , the Principal said to Dr. Johnson , that he must give them the same epithet that a Jesuit did when showing a poor college abroad : " Hæ miseriæ nostræ . " Dr. Johnson was , however , much pleased with the library , and with the ...
Pagina 36
... mean by calling Swift " shallow ? ” If he be shallow , who , in his department of literature , is pro- found ? Without admitting that Swift was " inferior in coarse humour to Arbuthnot " ( of whose precise share in the works to which he ...
... mean by calling Swift " shallow ? ” If he be shallow , who , in his department of literature , is pro- found ? Without admitting that Swift was " inferior in coarse humour to Arbuthnot " ( of whose precise share in the works to which he ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 4 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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