The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithMacmillan, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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... less to know , less that seems worth knowing . He was a shallower personality . Often he revealed himself because he was too naïve to realize what others would think ; but often Johnson did it because he cared not a rap what others ...
... less to know , less that seems worth knowing . He was a shallower personality . Often he revealed himself because he was too naïve to realize what others would think ; but often Johnson did it because he cared not a rap what others ...
Pagina 78
... less picturesque , less amusing , less known and valued to - day . Johnson lives for us not so much as a remarkable writer , but rather as an extraordinary dramatic character in the great drama of life — often tragic , still more often ...
... less picturesque , less amusing , less known and valued to - day . Johnson lives for us not so much as a remarkable writer , but rather as an extraordinary dramatic character in the great drama of life — often tragic , still more often ...
Pagina 89
... less rational of him to refuse , even so , to correct his error . He remained , as often , more forceful than wise . There are , perhaps , three degrees in human deception . There is the hypocrisy that simulates what it wishes others to ...
... less rational of him to refuse , even so , to correct his error . He remained , as often , more forceful than wise . There are , perhaps , three degrees in human deception . There is the hypocrisy that simulates what it wishes others to ...
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