The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, Esq, Volume 3H. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... manners was genteel . As a proof of this , Sir , Lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly ; and there was so little of the savage in Omai ...
... manners was genteel . As a proof of this , Sir , Lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly ; and there was so little of the savage in Omai ...
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... manner we find them represented in the Poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not interested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose ...
... manner we find them represented in the Poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not interested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose ...
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... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
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... manner , a man who is to get nothing by teach- ing , will not exert himself . Gresham - College was intended as a place of instruction for London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ...
... manner , a man who is to get nothing by teach- ing , will not exert himself . Gresham - College was intended as a place of instruction for London ; able professors were to read lectures gratis , they contrived to have no scholars ...
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... manner . " I lately , ( said he , ) received a letter from the East - Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to ...
... manner . " I lately , ( said he , ) received a letter from the East - Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Visualização integral - 1804 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Visualização integral - 1804 |
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