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His reflections open to all the recesses of the human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging or a more improving treatise , on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our ...
His reflections open to all the recesses of the human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging or a more improving treatise , on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our ...
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I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his London he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his Vanity of Human Wishes but five guineas more , as is proved by an authentick ...
I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his London he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his Vanity of Human Wishes but five guineas more , as is proved by an authentick ...
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Dr. Johnson then turning to me , ' Sir , ( said he ) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge .
Dr. Johnson then turning to me , ' Sir , ( said he ) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge .
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| Título | Life of Johnson |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1960 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 17 Mayo 2010 |
| Largo | 1491 páginas |
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