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Pagina 17
... learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our univer- sities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a - year at Oxford , to keep first ...
... learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our univer- sities are impoverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a - year at Oxford , to keep first ...
Pagina 23
... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and , therefore , would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensi- ble were wrong , but in supporting ...
... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and , therefore , would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensi- ble were wrong , but in supporting ...
Pagina 56
... learned Baxter , in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est propriè communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis ennarrare , vel humilè thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
... learned Baxter , in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est propriè communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis ennarrare , vel humilè thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
Pagina 63
... learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an Epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " For my ...
... learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an Epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " For my ...
Pagina 76
... learned Highlander , Macbean , has , at my request , examined and approved . " The book is very little , but Mr. Shaw has been persuaded by his friends to set it at half a guinea , though I advised only a crown , and thought myself ...
... learned Highlander , Macbean , has , at my request , examined and approved . " The book is very little , but Mr. Shaw has been persuaded by his friends to set it at half a guinea , though I advised only a crown , and thought myself ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 3 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1831 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 3 James Boswell Fragmentweergave - 1909 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2 James Boswell,John Wilson Croker Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |
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