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... having received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my enquiries . He told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was ...
... having received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my enquiries . He told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was ...
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The fragments of our first conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - " Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat ...
The fragments of our first conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - " Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat ...
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I told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity , that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity ; and said , " As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a ...
I told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity , that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity ; and said , " As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a ...
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I hope you make what enquiries you can , and write down what is told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write ...
I hope you make what enquiries you can , and write down what is told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write ...
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... some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a man stalking over a field of battle , who every moment perceives some one lying dead .
... some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a man stalking over a field of battle , who every moment perceives some one lying dead .
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1791 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| 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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