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... reason of this , he replied , Sir , I thought it had been better . " 6 · " Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from 1780 4 THE LIFE OF ...
... reason of this , he replied , Sir , I thought it had been better . " 6 · " Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from 1780 4 THE LIFE OF ...
Pagina 15
... reasons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted for it is to be ...
... reasons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted for it is to be ...
Pagina 16
... reason set them free from it , ) is every day wearing out , seem likely to be of little further assistance in the machinery of poetry . As I recollect , Hammond introduces a hag or witch into one of his love elegies , where the effect ...
... reason set them free from it , ) is every day wearing out , seem likely to be of little further assistance in the machinery of poetry . As I recollect , Hammond introduces a hag or witch into one of his love elegies , where the effect ...
Pagina 17
James Boswell. Etat . 71 . no longer the same reason ; heretofore the poorer 1780 . people were more numerous , and from want of com- merce , their means of getting a livelihood more difficult ; therefore the supporting them was an act ...
James Boswell. Etat . 71 . no longer the same reason ; heretofore the poorer 1780 . people were more numerous , and from want of com- merce , their means of getting a livelihood more difficult ; therefore the supporting them was an act ...
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... reason is plain ; I have had very little money to count . " " He had an abhorrence of affectation . Talking of old Mr. Langton , of whom he said , ' Sir , you will seldom see such a gentleman , such are his stores of literature , such ...
... reason is plain ; I have had very little money to count . " " He had an abhorrence of affectation . Talking of old Mr. Langton , of whom he said , ' Sir , you will seldom see such a gentleman , such are his stores of literature , such ...
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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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