The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] Goldsmith |
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There are two kinds of humbug — a man may pretend to think and feel as others would wish , or to think and feel as he would wish himself . Johnson was singularly free from the first kind of falsity - hypocrisy ; he was not wholly ...
There are two kinds of humbug — a man may pretend to think and feel as others would wish , or to think and feel as he would wish himself . Johnson was singularly free from the first kind of falsity - hypocrisy ; he was not wholly ...
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Here Professor Pottle expands ' I wish it , and I ask your protec- tion ' as meaning ' You , Boswell , say " I wish it , 2 and ... But why should Boswell ask anybody's protection in continuing to wish something ? Wishes are free .
Here Professor Pottle expands ' I wish it , and I ask your protec- tion ' as meaning ' You , Boswell , say " I wish it , 2 and ... But why should Boswell ask anybody's protection in continuing to wish something ? Wishes are free .
Pagina 267
Such is the price of fame If one does not wish to pay , one should avoid becoming famous— it is seldom difficult ; but it is idle to aim both at being known and at being unknown . In vain , therefore , did Wordsworth object to ...
Such is the price of fame If one does not wish to pay , one should avoid becoming famous— it is seldom difficult ; but it is idle to aim both at being known and at being unknown . In vain , therefore , did Wordsworth object to ...
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Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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