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For they cost him , and his contemporaries , a good deal ; they made his states of mind a good deal less valuable and enviable , if much more picturesque . Thirdly , he is an example of bad style , as well as of good .
For they cost him , and his contemporaries , a good deal ; they made his states of mind a good deal less valuable and enviable , if much more picturesque . Thirdly , he is an example of bad style , as well as of good .
Pagina 251
I was disappointed a good deal , both in finding less able and brilliant writing than I expected , and in having a proof of his fawning on a woman whom he did not esteem , because he had luxurious living in her husband's house ; and in ...
I was disappointed a good deal , both in finding less able and brilliant writing than I expected , and in having a proof of his fawning on a woman whom he did not esteem , because he had luxurious living in her husband's house ; and in ...
Pagina 282
Some of his recent admirers have a good deal overdone the sugar . But that is probably a passing phase . Boswell's future fame is likely to be accompanied always by a good deal of vinegar . But it will long be preserved .
Some of his recent admirers have a good deal overdone the sugar . But that is probably a passing phase . Boswell's future fame is likely to be accompanied always by a good deal of vinegar . But it will long be preserved .
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