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One reads such things not only for the amusement of reading , but also to remember . For this , I feel , biographies tend to grow too long . Just because one is told far more than one really needs , one remembers far less .
One reads such things not only for the amusement of reading , but also to remember . For this , I feel , biographies tend to grow too long . Just because one is told far more than one really needs , one remembers far less .
Pagina 82
He that would travel for the entertainment of others , should remember that the great object of remark is human life . ' ' As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich , so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise .
He that would travel for the entertainment of others , should remember that the great object of remark is human life . ' ' As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich , so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise .
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This makes him not only delightful to read , but also far easier than most critics to remember . And what real use , except to kill time ( which is a form of murder ) , is reading that one does not remember ?
This makes him not only delightful to read , but also far easier than most critics to remember . And what real use , except to kill time ( which is a form of murder ) , is reading that one does not remember ?
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1961 |
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admirable already appears asked become believe Boswell Boswell's brought called century character Chesterfield comes common conversation course criticism curious dead deal death doubt eighteenth-century English example father feel felt followed French give Goldsmith Graces hand happy heart hope human ideas imagine interesting Italy John Johnson Journal kind lady largely later least less letter living London Lord March married matter means mind Miss nature never notes once passion perhaps person play poet poetry political poor praise reason recorded remains remarkable remember Rousseau seems sense side sometimes strange style success suppose surely talk Temple things thought Thrale told true truth turn whole wife wish woman wonder write written wrote young Zélide
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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 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Michigan |
| Scanată la | 23 oct. 2006 |
| Lungime | 354 pagini |
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