The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 169
... desires to fix upon ex- ternal things ; he must adopt the joys and the pains of others , and excite in his mind the want of social pleasures and amicable communication " . This , too , is quite right ; the possibility of recovery lies ...
... desires to fix upon ex- ternal things ; he must adopt the joys and the pains of others , and excite in his mind the want of social pleasures and amicable communication " . This , too , is quite right ; the possibility of recovery lies ...
Page 170
... desire animates our progress ... " Johnson once more deals with daydreams in Rambler nr . 207 , but more casually , less directly , than in Rambler nr . 89. Johnson here emphasizes the aspect of consolation that the daydream holds for ...
... desire animates our progress ... " Johnson once more deals with daydreams in Rambler nr . 207 , but more casually , less directly , than in Rambler nr . 89. Johnson here emphasizes the aspect of consolation that the daydream holds for ...
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... desire , and predicted with triumphant fondness the extent of my conquests , and the number of my slaves . She never mentioned any of my young acquaintance before me , but to remark how much they fell below my perfection ... " ' As she ...
... desire , and predicted with triumphant fondness the extent of my conquests , and the number of my slaves . She never mentioned any of my young acquaintance before me , but to remark how much they fell below my perfection ... " ' As she ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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