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... give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . His book of the Dialects is a sad heap of confusion ; the only way to write on them is to ...
... give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . His book of the Dialects is a sad heap of confusion ; the only way to write on them is to ...
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... . JOHNSON . Ah , Sir , don't give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . " " " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to Dr. Johnson , 8 THE LIFE ...
... . JOHNSON . Ah , Sir , don't give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . " " " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to Dr. Johnson , 8 THE LIFE ...
Pagina 10
... give Mr. Dossie his vote to be a member of this Society , paid up an arrear which had run on for two years . On this occasion he mentioned a circumstance , as cha- racteristick of the Scotch . One of that nation , ( said he , ) who had ...
... give Mr. Dossie his vote to be a member of this Society , paid up an arrear which had run on for two years . On this occasion he mentioned a circumstance , as cha- racteristick of the Scotch . One of that nation , ( said he , ) who had ...
Pagina 12
... give credit to a clergyman . " " He used to quote , with great warmth , the say- ing of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ; that there was the same difference between one learned and unlearned , as between the living and the dead ...
... give credit to a clergyman . " " He used to quote , with great warmth , the say- ing of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ; that there was the same difference between one learned and unlearned , as between the living and the dead ...
Pagina 14
... give . " 6 " An eminent foreigner , when he was shewn the British Museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enquiries . Now there , Sir , ( said he , ) is the difference between an Englishman and a French- A Frenchman must be ...
... give . " 6 " An eminent foreigner , when he was shewn the British Museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enquiries . Now there , Sir , ( said he , ) is the difference between an Englishman and a French- A Frenchman must be ...
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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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