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... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible of it ; where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible of it ; where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
Pagina viii
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though ma- lignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 ...
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though ma- lignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 ...
Pagina 9
... pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misemployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of the ...
... pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misemployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of the ...
Pagina 20
... only amusement was in winter , when he took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably 20 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
... only amusement was in winter , when he took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy bare- footed , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably 20 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
Pagina 28
... pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss . O'er the sad ...
... pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss . O'er the sad ...
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