Life of Samuel JohnsonScott, Foresman, 1923 - 563 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... tion of this volume would require more space than is either possible or desirable . I have , therefore , noted only those books on which a Johnsonian recruit might wisely make a beginning . They will suggest many others , and those ...
... tion of this volume would require more space than is either possible or desirable . I have , therefore , noted only those books on which a Johnsonian recruit might wisely make a beginning . They will suggest many others , and those ...
Pagina 10
... tion . Johnson had what Walter Bagehot and William Hazlitt , before him , have called an experiencing nature . He took things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of ...
... tion . Johnson had what Walter Bagehot and William Hazlitt , before him , have called an experiencing nature . He took things to heart . He scrutinized and sifted , he weighed and considered ; he went through the processes of ...
Pagina 12
... tion of their own philosophy and its practical demands upon them . At thirty - nine , a man , eager for stimulating social con- versation , may lose all patience with anyone who will " shuffle cards and rattle dice from noon to midnight ...
... tion of their own philosophy and its practical demands upon them . At thirty - nine , a man , eager for stimulating social con- versation , may lose all patience with anyone who will " shuffle cards and rattle dice from noon to midnight ...
Pagina 22
... tion ; but if a man tells me that he sees this , and in consternation calls to me to look at it , I pronounce him to be mad . " 1729 ] RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES 23 The history of Johnson's mind 22 [ 1728 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... tion ; but if a man tells me that he sees this , and in consternation calls to me to look at it , I pronounce him to be mad . " 1729 ] RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES 23 The history of Johnson's mind 22 [ 1728 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
Pagina 26
... tion which all his life afterwards he recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , at the house of ...
... tion which all his life afterwards he recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , at the house of ...
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