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Pagina 13
... Had he been softer with this venerable old man , we might have had more conversation ; but his forcible spirit , and impetuosity of manner , may be said to spare neither sex nor age . ( 1 ETAT . 64 . 13 LEIBNITZ . CLARKE .
... Had he been softer with this venerable old man , we might have had more conversation ; but his forcible spirit , and impetuosity of manner , may be said to spare neither sex nor age . ( 1 ETAT . 64 . 13 LEIBNITZ . CLARKE .
Pagina 22
... conversation at different times . " There was a man some time ago , who was well received for two years , among the gentlemen of Northamptonshire , by calling himself my brother . At last he grew so impudent , as by his influence to get ...
... conversation at different times . " There was a man some time ago , who was well received for two years , among the gentlemen of Northamptonshire , by calling himself my brother . At last he grew so impudent , as by his influence to get ...
Pagina 34
... conversation : only , upon my observing that there must be something bad in a man's mind , who does not like to give leases to his tenants , but wishes to keep them in a perpetual wretched de- pendence on his will , Dr. Johnson said ...
... conversation : only , upon my observing that there must be something bad in a man's mind , who does not like to give leases to his tenants , but wishes to keep them in a perpetual wretched de- pendence on his will , Dr. Johnson said ...
Pagina 36
... conversation to - night , I must endeavour to recollect what I may have omitted on former occasions . When I boasted , at Rasay , of my independency of spirit , and that I could not be bribed , he said , Yes , you may be bribed by flat ...
... conversation to - night , I must endeavour to recollect what I may have omitted on former occasions . When I boasted , at Rasay , of my independency of spirit , and that I could not be bribed , he said , Yes , you may be bribed by flat ...
Pagina 38
... conversation . " BOSWELL . " That , Sir , must be according to your company . You would not give literature to those who cannot taste it . Stay till we meet Lord Elibank . " ( 1 ) It is remarkable , that Dr. Johnson should have read ...
... conversation . " BOSWELL . " That , Sir , must be according to your company . You would not give literature to those who cannot taste it . Stay till we meet Lord Elibank . " ( 1 ) It is remarkable , that Dr. Johnson should have read ...
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