Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pàgines |
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... seemed to think otherwise . Davies said of a well - known dramatic author , that " he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Hannibal did , by vinegar ; having begun by attacking people ; particularly the players . " He ...
... seemed to think otherwise . Davies said of a well - known dramatic author , that " he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Hannibal did , by vinegar ; having begun by attacking people ; particularly the players . " He ...
Pàgina 30
... seemed to pay no attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary Redcliff , and view with our own eyes the ancient chest in which the ...
... seemed to pay no attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary Redcliff , and view with our own eyes the ancient chest in which the ...
Pàgina 32
... seemed to acquiesce . 66 I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There is a great deal of matter in them . " " Mrs. Williams was angry that Thrale's family did not send regularly to her every ...
... seemed to acquiesce . 66 I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There is a great deal of matter in them . " " Mrs. Williams was angry that Thrale's family did not send regularly to her every ...
Pàgina 66
... seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet reconciled to me , yet let her know that I love ...
... seemed to be mending ; I hope nothing has lately grown worse . I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive , and Veronica is now very pretty company . I do not suppose the lady is yet reconciled to me , yet let her know that I love ...
Pàgina 70
... seemed to want . " My health is very bad , and my nights are very unquiet . What can I do to mend them ? I have for this summer nothing better in prospect than a journey into Staffordshire and Derbyshire , perhaps with Oxford and ...
... seemed to want . " My health is very bad , and my nights are very unquiet . What can I do to mend them ? I have for this summer nothing better in prospect than a journey into Staffordshire and Derbyshire , perhaps with Oxford and ...
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