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We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' Boswell .
We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . ' Boswell .
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I followed him into the court - yard , behind Mr. Strahan's house ; and there I had a proof of what I had heard him profess , that he talked alike to all . ' Some people ( said he ) , tell you that they let themselves down to the ...
I followed him into the court - yard , behind Mr. Strahan's house ; and there I had a proof of what I had heard him profess , that he talked alike to all . ' Some people ( said he ) , tell you that they let themselves down to the ...
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Virgil is less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfoetation , this teeming of the press ...
Virgil is less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfoetation , this teeming of the press ...
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| Título | Life of Johnson Volumen204 de Oxford Paperbacks Volumen204 de Oxford Paperbacks: Literature Oxford standard authors |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Edición | 3, reimpresa |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1953 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 5 Mayo 2009 |
| Largo | 1491 páginas |
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