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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Página 468
por James Boswell - 1807
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volumen5

James Boswell - 1821 - 382 páginas
...ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that hi« house was an University in less volume, whither they...current in conversation." Bayle's account of Menage m?v also be quoted as exceedingly applicable to the great subject of this work. — " His illustrious...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1823 - 440 páginas
...so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house was a University in less volume; whither they came, not so much for repose as study, and to examine and...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother, who was a lady...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 444 páginas
...ingenuity ; so that, a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house...whither they came, not so much for repose as study, »nd to examine and refine those grosser propositions which laziness and consent made current in conversation."...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which ..., Volumen4

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 652 páginas
...with him, as in '-v;"'^ a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house > was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar con- C '--x versation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1831 - 570 páginas
...judgment, so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house...grosser propositions which laziness and consent made cur. rent in conversation." Bayle's account of Menage may also be quoted as exceedingly applicable...
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Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women of Britain and America, Volumen1

David Francis Bacon - 1833 - 630 páginas
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. " Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother, (who was...
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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...: With ..., Volumen6

Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 350 páginas
...and dwelt with him as in a College, situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a University in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. " Many attempts were made upon him, by the instigation of his mother (who was...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volúmenes158-159

1835 - 746 páginas
...dwelt with him, as in a College situated in a fairer air, so that his house was an University in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions •which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation." In another place, Clarendon speaks of Lord Falkland's immense knowledge, his...
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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, Volumen6

Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 326 páginas
...and dwelt with him as in a College, situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a University in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. " Many attempts were made upon him, by the instigation of his mother (who was...
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