Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... obligations . If I have in any instances failed , let it be attributed to inadvertence , or , if the reader pleases , to carelessness ; not to a desire to claim the merit of other men's labours . Of Boswell himself , and of his work , can.
... obligations . If I have in any instances failed , let it be attributed to inadvertence , or , if the reader pleases , to carelessness ; not to a desire to claim the merit of other men's labours . Of Boswell himself , and of his work , can.
Página xii
... desire to stand first with Johnson sometimes took the form of deprecating those whom he found in his way ; yet his nature was generous and kindly at the core . But Johnson's attitude to him is at once the best explanation of Boswell's ...
... desire to stand first with Johnson sometimes took the form of deprecating those whom he found in his way ; yet his nature was generous and kindly at the core . But Johnson's attitude to him is at once the best explanation of Boswell's ...
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... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and ...
... desire to obtain his regard , that three of the boys , of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and ...
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... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . t SIR , " I am , Sir , your humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO MR . CAVE . [ No date . ] " I AM pretty much of your opinion , that the Commentary cannot be ...
... desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an answer . t SIR , " I am , Sir , your humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO MR . CAVE . [ No date . ] " I AM pretty much of your opinion , that the Commentary cannot be ...
Página 48
... desire in that respect , it would be a great satisfaction , as well as an honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could shew , but I think myself under ...
... desire in that respect , it would be a great satisfaction , as well as an honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could shew , but I think myself under ...
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