The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithMacmillan, 1961 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 61
... happy ' . But he generally took a poor view even of the sage's chance of success . He would mournfully proclaim that a man was happy only in his schooldays , or only when drunk , 1 or only when lying awake in bed in the morning ; or ...
... happy ' . But he generally took a poor view even of the sage's chance of success . He would mournfully proclaim that a man was happy only in his schooldays , or only when drunk , 1 or only when lying awake in bed in the morning ; or ...
Pagina 118
... happy man is resumed . Imlac has now un- earthed an astronomer whose ' integrity and benevolence are equal to his learning ' . His head may be in the stars ; but his hands and heart are busy with human sympathy . " Surely , " said the ...
... happy man is resumed . Imlac has now un- earthed an astronomer whose ' integrity and benevolence are equal to his learning ' . His head may be in the stars ; but his hands and heart are busy with human sympathy . " Surely , " said the ...
Pagina 300
... happy . ' ' We suffered ourselves to be happy ' - on those six words a man might write a whole book . I doubt if any other writer of the time could have put so much into a simple phrase , clear as water , yet full of unlooked - for ...
... happy . ' ' We suffered ourselves to be happy ' - on those six words a man might write a whole book . I doubt if any other writer of the time could have put so much into a simple phrase , clear as water , yet full of unlooked - for ...
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