The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 62
... later , Johnson's reputation was established . This was due not only to the Dictionary but also to the bi - weekly essays which he wrote in these years , almost without a break : first in The Rambler and later in The Adventurer and The ...
... later , Johnson's reputation was established . This was due not only to the Dictionary but also to the bi - weekly essays which he wrote in these years , almost without a break : first in The Rambler and later in The Adventurer and The ...
Page 70
... later in this book , in the part dealing with differential diagnosis . His Bohemian life and his association with unusual people such as Richard Savage , Samuel Boyse , George Psalmanazar , Harry Hervey and John Hoole during his first ...
... later in this book , in the part dealing with differential diagnosis . His Bohemian life and his association with unusual people such as Richard Savage , Samuel Boyse , George Psalmanazar , Harry Hervey and John Hoole during his first ...
Page 74
... later part of their marriage ( 57 , p . 298-300 ) , as I have men- tioned . On the other hand , she had by no means an easy time with Johnson in the earlier days of their marriage . The school in Edial failed , and the money she had ...
... later part of their marriage ( 57 , p . 298-300 ) , as I have men- tioned . On the other hand , she had by no means an easy time with Johnson in the earlier days of their marriage . The school in Edial failed , and the money she had ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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