Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page 23
James Boswell. if he would . Sixteen - string Jack1 towered above the common mark . " BOSWELL : Then , Sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is , but it is not ...
James Boswell. if he would . Sixteen - string Jack1 towered above the common mark . " BOSWELL : Then , Sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is , but it is not ...
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... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are ...
... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are ...
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... common reach . The world has differed from him ; for the poem has passed through many editions , and is still much read by people of a serious cast of mind . A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many ...
... common reach . The world has differed from him ; for the poem has passed through many editions , and is still much read by people of a serious cast of mind . A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many ...
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... common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with scandal and falsehood , was a violation of character still more atrocious , as it affected not only his personal but his clerical veracity . His indignation naturally ...
... common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with scandal and falsehood , was a violation of character still more atrocious , as it affected not only his personal but his clerical veracity . His indignation naturally ...
Page 39
... common law of England does not give way to actions for every reproachful word . An action cannot be brought for general damages , upon any words which import less than an offence cognizable by law ; consequently , no action could have ...
... common law of England does not give way to actions for every reproachful word . An action cannot be brought for general damages , upon any words which import less than an offence cognizable by law ; consequently , no action could have ...
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