The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Pagina vi
... person who was the best judge of its truth . I need not tell you I mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where ...
... person who was the best judge of its truth . I need not tell you I mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where ...
Pagina viii
... person of taste and knowledge that I have conversed with , it has been greatly heightened ; and I will venture to pre- dict , that this specimen of the colloquial talents and extemporaneous effusions of my illustrious fellow - tra ...
... person of taste and knowledge that I have conversed with , it has been greatly heightened ; and I will venture to pre- dict , that this specimen of the colloquial talents and extemporaneous effusions of my illustrious fellow - tra ...
Pagina 4
... persons here who respect him , and some whom I am persuaded he will think not unworthy of his esteem . I wish he would make the experiment . He sometimes cracks his jokes upon us ; but he will find that we can distinguish between the ...
... persons here who respect him , and some whom I am persuaded he will think not unworthy of his esteem . I wish he would make the experiment . He sometimes cracks his jokes upon us ; but he will find that we can distinguish between the ...
Pagina 8
... person was large , robust , I may say approach- ing to the gigantic , and grown unwieldy from corpulency . His countenance was naturally of the cast of an ancient statue , but somewhat disfigured by the scars of that evil , which , it ...
... person was large , robust , I may say approach- ing to the gigantic , and grown unwieldy from corpulency . His countenance was naturally of the cast of an ancient statue , but somewhat disfigured by the scars of that evil , which , it ...
Pagina 29
... persons have ob- jected to the instances which I have given of Mr. Burke's wit , as not doing justice to my very ... person to whom it is applied , the previous introduction , and a thousand minute particulars which cannot be easily ...
... persons have ob- jected to the instances which I have given of Mr. Burke's wit , as not doing justice to my very ... person to whom it is applied , the previous introduction , and a thousand minute particulars which cannot be easily ...
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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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