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... I remember that when I came from Cambridge , I had acquired among the pedants of an illiberal seminary a sauciness of literature , a turn to satire and contempt , and a strong tendency to argumentation and contradiction .
... I remember that when I came from Cambridge , I had acquired among the pedants of an illiberal seminary a sauciness of literature , a turn to satire and contempt , and a strong tendency to argumentation and contradiction .
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turning tops in a turning - loom . There's fancy ! There's simile ! In short , I am at present a genius : in that does my opulence consist , and not in base metal . ' That such absurdities could make Boswell think himself a genius is ...
turning tops in a turning - loom . There's fancy ! There's simile ! In short , I am at present a genius : in that does my opulence consist , and not in base metal . ' That such absurdities could make Boswell think himself a genius is ...
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It may be noted that in this enlivening imagery a large part is played by animals ; as , again , when he describes a lady trailing a train of glory— “ if ever she attempts to turn round , it must be in a circle not smaller than that ...
It may be noted that in this enlivening imagery a large part is played by animals ; as , again , when he describes a lady trailing a train of glory— “ if ever she attempts to turn round , it must be in a circle not smaller than that ...
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| Titlu | The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] Goldsmith |
| Autor | Frank Laurence Lucas |
| Editor | Macmillan, 1958 |
| Lungime | 354 pagini |
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