The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithCassell, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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... success . All this is clever and entertaining . Yet a Greek might have trem- bled to read it . What perilous pride ... successes . One of Chesterfield's speeches was in Horace Walpole's judg- ment the best he had ever heard ...
... success . All this is clever and entertaining . Yet a Greek might have trem- bled to read it . What perilous pride ... successes . One of Chesterfield's speeches was in Horace Walpole's judg- ment the best he had ever heard ...
Pagina 250
... success he craved in active life ; though success beyond his dreams awaited him in literature . Constantly Boswell makes one recall ' le violon d'Ingres ' — the error of those who pique themselves on powers they lack , at the expense of ...
... success he craved in active life ; though success beyond his dreams awaited him in literature . Constantly Boswell makes one recall ' le violon d'Ingres ' — the error of those who pique themselves on powers they lack , at the expense of ...
Pagina 270
... successful.2 How would he react to a cold sheep's head ? This dish was inno- cently suggested by Lady Lochbuy in ... success . ' Similarly he incurred Johnson's wrath by rashly wishing to see him and Mrs Macaulay together - ' Don't ...
... successful.2 How would he react to a cold sheep's head ? This dish was inno- cently suggested by Lady Lochbuy in ... success . ' Similarly he incurred Johnson's wrath by rashly wishing to see him and Mrs Macaulay together - ' Don't ...
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Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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