The Indispensable Reader's Companion: A Personal Anthology Selected for Re-readability from the Writers of 2000 Years for the Reader of TodayBook Society, 1949 - 731 Seiten |
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... asked whether there were better libraries at Oxford or Cambridge . He answered , he be- lieved the Bodleian was larger than any they had at Cambridge ; at the same time adding , " I hope , whether we have more books or not than they ...
... asked whether there were better libraries at Oxford or Cambridge . He answered , he be- lieved the Bodleian was larger than any they had at Cambridge ; at the same time adding , " I hope , whether we have more books or not than they ...
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... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
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... asked him , how he could give the Lords so much trouble , when his solicitor had in- formed him that his plea could be of no use to him ? Balmerino asked the bystanders who this person was ? and being told , he said , “ Oh , Mr. Murray ...
... asked him , how he could give the Lords so much trouble , when his solicitor had in- formed him that his plea could be of no use to him ? Balmerino asked the bystanders who this person was ? and being told , he said , “ Oh , Mr. Murray ...
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THE DEATH OF SOCRATES | 1 |
ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 15 |
SELECTIONS from | 32 |
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