The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithCassell, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 78
... character than Achilles , Octavia than Cleopatra , Sir Galahad than Sir Lancelot , the Chief Justice than Falstaff . But it is not the better characters that men care about . Often they are even bores . So with Johnson-- he at least was ...
... character than Achilles , Octavia than Cleopatra , Sir Galahad than Sir Lancelot , the Chief Justice than Falstaff . But it is not the better characters that men care about . Often they are even bores . So with Johnson-- he at least was ...
Pagina 87
... character is very short . It is nothing . He fills a chair . He is a Man of a genteel appearance , and that is all . I know nobody who blasts by praise as you do . For whenever there is ex- aggerated praise , every body is set against a ...
... character is very short . It is nothing . He fills a chair . He is a Man of a genteel appearance , and that is all . I know nobody who blasts by praise as you do . For whenever there is ex- aggerated praise , every body is set against a ...
Pagina 150
... character and very great learning ' - Dr Dodd . For Dodd was hanged . ( In 1777 he was con- victed of forging a bond for £ 4,200 in the name of his old pupil . Seemingly he hoped that ' Sturdy ' , now fifth Earl , would pity him ; but ...
... character and very great learning ' - Dr Dodd . For Dodd was hanged . ( In 1777 he was con- victed of forging a bond for £ 4,200 in the name of his old pupil . Seemingly he hoped that ' Sturdy ' , now fifth Earl , would pity him ; but ...
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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