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Pagina 21
Now I take genus in Latin to have much the same signification with birth in English ; both in their pri- mary meaning expressing simply descent , but both made to stand , Kar ' oxy , for noble descent . Genus is thus used in Hor . lib ...
Now I take genus in Latin to have much the same signification with birth in English ; both in their pri- mary meaning expressing simply descent , but both made to stand , Kar ' oxy , for noble descent . Genus is thus used in Hor . lib ...
Pagina 25
When they once desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by which that desire can be gratified ; and one will tell another , that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
When they once desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by which that desire can be gratified ; and one will tell another , that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
Pagina 65
The ge- neral spoke Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and under- stood one another very well , with a little aid of interpre- tation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents .
The ge- neral spoke Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and under- stood one another very well , with a little aid of interpre- tation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents .
Pagina 72
People talk of nature . But mere It is unquestionably a modern fiction . It was written by sir John Bruce of Kinross , and first published at Edinburgh in folio , 1719. See Percy's Re- liques of ancient English Poetry , vol . ii . p .
People talk of nature . But mere It is unquestionably a modern fiction . It was written by sir John Bruce of Kinross , and first published at Edinburgh in folio , 1719. See Percy's Re- liques of ancient English Poetry , vol . ii . p .
Pagina 75
What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of liberal education : —a man who for years was at the university of Oxford : - : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell .
What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of liberal education : —a man who for years was at the university of Oxford : - : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell .
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 van The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Auteur | James Boswell |
| Uitgever | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 juni 2007 |
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