The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithCassell, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... Imagine , in place of Gibbs ' , a piece of eigh- teenth - century ' Gothick ' - a first cousin of Strawberry Hill ! But though we may smile at poor Cole , he was being prophetic . Fully to appreciate Gibbs and the eighteenth century ...
... Imagine , in place of Gibbs ' , a piece of eigh- teenth - century ' Gothick ' - a first cousin of Strawberry Hill ! But though we may smile at poor Cole , he was being prophetic . Fully to appreciate Gibbs and the eighteenth century ...
Pagina 163
... imagine such nonsense ? I used to guess that , in making men what they become , the influence of nature and of nurture might perhaps be roughly equal ; watching my children grow up - so utterly different , though under almost identical ...
... imagine such nonsense ? I used to guess that , in making men what they become , the influence of nature and of nurture might perhaps be roughly equal ; watching my children grow up - so utterly different , though under almost identical ...
Pagina 267
... imagine , partly ethical , partly æsthetic . It was his duty to tell the strange truth ; but he also loved it . He adored oddities . He hunted lions . And of course a lion - hunter will not want to cut their claws ; he is more likely to ...
... imagine , partly ethical , partly æsthetic . It was his duty to tell the strange truth ; but he also loved it . He adored oddities . He hunted lions . And of course a lion - hunter will not want to cut their claws ; he is more likely to ...
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE I | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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