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Pagina 270
He may become — not like Browning's Grammarian , ' dead from the waist down ' — but dead from the waist up , dead in heart and mind . One of Boswell's best qualities was his pulsating interest in human character .
He may become — not like Browning's Grammarian , ' dead from the waist down ' — but dead from the waist up , dead in heart and mind . One of Boswell's best qualities was his pulsating interest in human character .
Pagina 274
The ' genius ' or ' Juno ' was a kind of guardian spirit . Thence in modern language ' genius ' has come to denote exceptional gifts of invention or imagination . In fact , like ' inspiration ' , ' genius ' is a dead metaphor .
The ' genius ' or ' Juno ' was a kind of guardian spirit . Thence in modern language ' genius ' has come to denote exceptional gifts of invention or imagination . In fact , like ' inspiration ' , ' genius ' is a dead metaphor .
Pagina 293
... melancholy , and disquiet of mind ; when Burke burst into tears at the news , and Sir Joshua , the ceaseless worker , for one day threw aside his brushes , and outcast creatures sat weeping on the dead man's stair .
... melancholy , and disquiet of mind ; when Burke burst into tears at the news , and Sir Joshua , the ceaseless worker , for one day threw aside his brushes , and outcast creatures sat weeping on the dead man's stair .
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