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Pagina xvi
... effect ; which was so well known , that when he appeared , he was hailed as the harbinger of festivity . Sir Joshua was never more happy than when , on such occasion , Mr. Boswell was seated within his hearing . The Royal Society ...
... effect ; which was so well known , that when he appeared , he was hailed as the harbinger of festivity . Sir Joshua was never more happy than when , on such occasion , Mr. Boswell was seated within his hearing . The Royal Society ...
Pagina xviii
... effect . We have the opinions and sayings of eminent men : but they do not grow out of the occasion : we do not know at whose house such a thing hap- pened , nor the effect it had on those who were present . We have good things served ...
... effect . We have the opinions and sayings of eminent men : but they do not grow out of the occasion : we do not know at whose house such a thing hap- pened , nor the effect it had on those who were present . We have good things served ...
Pagina 6
... effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for ...
... effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for ...
Pagina 14
... effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this extensive biographical work , however inferior in its nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst ...
... effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this extensive biographical work , however inferior in its nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst ...
Pagina 29
... effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness . From him , then , his son inherited , with some other ...
... effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness . From him , then , his son inherited , with some other ...
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