| James Boswell - 1901 - 372 páginas
...supposed that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - 1852 - 344 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...greatness of soul ; but a great mind disdains to hold anything by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 726 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignityputs himself in his power ; he is either repelled with helpless... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 páginas
...his conversation, 134 what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of famili- >v arity with the Great, an ambition of momentary equality...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power : he is either repelled with helpless... | |
| James Boswell - 1910 - 548 páginas
...supposed, that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary...never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away. He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power ; he is either repelled with helpless... | |
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