The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... opinion ) to be the cause of the motor symptoms ( 161 , p . 166-168 ) . Hitschmann's article about Johnson is little better ( Samuel Johnson's Character , 114 ) . The subtitle makes it clear immediately that this is a product of the ...
... opinion ) to be the cause of the motor symptoms ( 161 , p . 166-168 ) . Hitschmann's article about Johnson is little better ( Samuel Johnson's Character , 114 ) . The subtitle makes it clear immediately that this is a product of the ...
Page 139
... opinion I give the publick my reasons which I here dare you to refute . But however I may despise you , I reverence ... opinions of others . He was not afraid of showing his emotions : " His own verses on the death of Levet he never ...
... opinion I give the publick my reasons which I here dare you to refute . But however I may despise you , I reverence ... opinions of others . He was not afraid of showing his emotions : " His own verses on the death of Levet he never ...
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... opinion is probable . His original temperament , however , was influenced and masked from birth by the mental ... opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons hardly ...
... opinion is probable . His original temperament , however , was influenced and masked from birth by the mental ... opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons hardly ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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