Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pàgines |
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... means but drinking . " We stopped at Messrs . Dilly's , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney - coach , to Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to ...
... means but drinking . " We stopped at Messrs . Dilly's , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney - coach , to Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to ...
Pàgina 12
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
Pàgina 23
... means of terror and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice is punished , we are terrified at the fatal con ...
... means of terror and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice is punished , we are terrified at the fatal con ...
Pàgina 25
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a ...
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a ...
Pàgina 28
... means " by stealth ; " and instead of " blushing to 1 Eustace Budgell was born at Exeter in 1685 , and was honoured with the friendship of Addison and other literary characters of his day . He wrote numerous papers in " The Guardian ...
... means " by stealth ; " and instead of " blushing to 1 Eustace Budgell was born at Exeter in 1685 , and was honoured with the friendship of Addison and other literary characters of his day . He wrote numerous papers in " The Guardian ...
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