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Pagina 57
... less airy , is less pleasing . " In the life of BLACKMORE , we find that writer's reputation generously cleared by Johnson from the cloud of prejudice which the malignity of contempo- rary wits had raised around it . In the spirited ...
... less airy , is less pleasing . " In the life of BLACKMORE , we find that writer's reputation generously cleared by Johnson from the cloud of prejudice which the malignity of contempo- rary wits had raised around it . In the spirited ...
Pagina 63
... less informa- tion than he had hoped to receive from one who had lived so much in intercourse with the brightest men of what has been called the Augustan age of Eng- land ; and that he shewed a degree of eager curio- sity concerning the ...
... less informa- tion than he had hoped to receive from one who had lived so much in intercourse with the brightest men of what has been called the Augustan age of Eng- land ; and that he shewed a degree of eager curio- sity concerning the ...
Pagina 73
... less remote , and less illustrious than India , which afforded some oc- casions for speculation . What has occurred to me , I have put into the volume , " of which I beg your ac- ceptance . " Men in your station seldom have presents ...
... less remote , and less illustrious than India , which afforded some oc- casions for speculation . What has occurred to me , I have put into the volume , " of which I beg your ac- ceptance . " Men in your station seldom have presents ...
Pagina 75
... less remote , and less illustrious than India , which afforded some oc- casions for speculation . What has occurred to me , I have put into the volume , ' of which I beg your ac- ceptance . " Men in your station seldom have presents ...
... less remote , and less illustrious than India , which afforded some oc- casions for speculation . What has occurred to me , I have put into the volume , ' of which I beg your ac- ceptance . " Men in your station seldom have presents ...
Pagina 95
... less rigorous in his religious rites . This he would not acknowledge ; but he reasoned with admirable so- phistry , as follows : " Why , Sir , a Bishop's calling company together in this week , is , to use the vulgar phrase , not the ...
... less rigorous in his religious rites . This he would not acknowledge ; but he reasoned with admirable so- phistry , as follows : " Why , Sir , a Bishop's calling company together in this week , is , to use the vulgar phrase , not the ...
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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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