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Pagina 168
Gain the heart , ' he had himself written , ' or you gain nothing . ' Yet , quite fantastically , he goes on to explain that hearts are gained only by ' elegance ' . The Letters were not written for publication ; yet they often read as ...
Gain the heart , ' he had himself written , ' or you gain nothing . ' Yet , quite fantastically , he goes on to explain that hearts are gained only by ' elegance ' . The Letters were not written for publication ; yet they often read as ...
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 , 1 because he had luxurious living in her husband's house ...
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 , 1 because he had luxurious living in her husband's house ...
Pagina 261
Secondly , it becomes clear that , though Boswell says he kept constantly in view the idea of writing Johnson's life from the begin- ... His London Journal he seems to have written , as most men would , in its full form as it stands .
Secondly , it becomes clear that , though Boswell says he kept constantly in view the idea of writing Johnson's life from the begin- ... His London Journal he seems to have written , as most men would , in its full form as it stands .
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