The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... English Malady which was renowned and widely read at the time . Cheyne proved to be an advocate of activity for those suffering from the so - called English Malady , which the author considered to include conditions of a neurotic ...
... English Malady which was renowned and widely read at the time . Cheyne proved to be an advocate of activity for those suffering from the so - called English Malady , which the author considered to include conditions of a neurotic ...
Page 198
... English . It moves back and forth , with every form of balance and antithesis , always settling , al- ways making order " . " The union of vigor and order is signi- ficant . The strength of Johnson's style , which Burke found absent in ...
... English . It moves back and forth , with every form of balance and antithesis , always settling , al- ways making order " . " The union of vigor and order is signi- ficant . The strength of Johnson's style , which Burke found absent in ...
Page 209
... English Critical Essays , Twentieth Century , first series , Oxford Univ . Press , London , 1961 , 301 . 75. ID . , On Poetry and Poets , Faber , London , 1962 . 76. EMPSON , W. , Seven Types of Ambiguity , Peregrine Books , Har ...
... English Critical Essays , Twentieth Century , first series , Oxford Univ . Press , London , 1961 , 301 . 75. ID . , On Poetry and Poets , Faber , London , 1962 . 76. EMPSON , W. , Seven Types of Ambiguity , Peregrine Books , Har ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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