The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithMacmillan, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 19
... wonder as much at the excess of superfluities we cram into our heads , as we wonder now at the excess of super- fluities our ancestors crammed into their bellies . Many of them over - ate : many of us over - read . Few moderns are good ...
... wonder as much at the excess of superfluities we cram into our heads , as we wonder now at the excess of super- fluities our ancestors crammed into their bellies . Many of them over - ate : many of us over - read . Few moderns are good ...
Pagina 80
... wonder that Boswell saw him as ' a mighty gladiator ' , contending always in the Coliseum with wild beasts which he could never kill , only drive back for the moment to their dens ; little wonder that Johnson himself could say to Dr ...
... wonder that Boswell saw him as ' a mighty gladiator ' , contending always in the Coliseum with wild beasts which he could never kill , only drive back for the moment to their dens ; little wonder that Johnson himself could say to Dr ...
Pagina 339
... wonder what sort of civilization the scientific future holds in store . And the ghost of Johnson answers : ' Sir , you may wonder . ' 1 EPILOGUE T HESE four lives are strange and fascinating enough 338 GOLDSMITH.
... wonder what sort of civilization the scientific future holds in store . And the ghost of Johnson answers : ' Sir , you may wonder . ' 1 EPILOGUE T HESE four lives are strange and fascinating enough 338 GOLDSMITH.
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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