The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, 1815 - 639 páginas |
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... less for talking and diverting other boys from their business . " Indeed , such was the superi- ority of his talents above those of his compa- nions , that three of the boys , of whom Mr Hector was sometimes one , are said to have ...
... less for talking and diverting other boys from their business . " Indeed , such was the superi- ority of his talents above those of his compa- nions , that three of the boys , of whom Mr Hector was sometimes one , are said to have ...
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... less strange , than that Mr Boswell should consider the vigour of fancy which he displayed on such a subject a proof of his sanity . It is a common effect of melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are ...
... less strange , than that Mr Boswell should consider the vigour of fancy which he displayed on such a subject a proof of his sanity . It is a common effect of melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are ...
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... less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " A few days before her death , 1756 , he writes to her , " I have returned your Law ; which , however , I earnestly intreat you to give me . " Annals , Appendix ...
... less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " A few days before her death , 1756 , he writes to her , " I have returned your Law ; which , however , I earnestly intreat you to give me . " Annals , Appendix ...
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... less true . " John- son , " says he , " while he was at Pembroke College , was caressed and loved by all about him ; he was a gay and frolicsome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . " But his own comment upon this ...
... less true . " John- son , " says he , " while he was at Pembroke College , was caressed and loved by all about him ; he was a gay and frolicsome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . " But his own comment upon this ...
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... less liable to objection ; his own letters , and those of his friends , & c . " It is said by Sir John Hawkins , that he composed the whole of this beautiful and instructive piece of biography in thirty - six hours . But Mr Boswell ...
... less liable to objection ; his own letters , and those of his friends , & c . " It is said by Sir John Hawkins , that he composed the whole of this beautiful and instructive piece of biography in thirty - six hours . But Mr Boswell ...
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