Samuel Johnson and His TimesBatsford, 1962 - 128 страници |
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... character given by travellers , of the most savage nations , is their neglect of cleanliness , of which , perhaps , no part of the world affords more proofs than the streets of the British capital ; a city famous for wealth , and ...
... character given by travellers , of the most savage nations , is their neglect of cleanliness , of which , perhaps , no part of the world affords more proofs than the streets of the British capital ; a city famous for wealth , and ...
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... character of English intellectual life , was not reached until after Johnson's death . Johnson knew John Wesley , and admired him as a conversationalist of his own calibre , but Wesley was ' always obliged to go at a certain hour . This ...
... character of English intellectual life , was not reached until after Johnson's death . Johnson knew John Wesley , and admired him as a conversationalist of his own calibre , but Wesley was ' always obliged to go at a certain hour . This ...
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... character , or to convey the flavour of his personality— what need for the latter , since it is revealed so perfectly in the pages of Boswell : I have tried , rather , to show how Johnson stood in relation to his own age ; and I must ...
... character , or to convey the flavour of his personality— what need for the latter , since it is revealed so perfectly in the pages of Boswell : I have tried , rather , to show how Johnson stood in relation to his own age ; and I must ...
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