The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 60
... physical strenght . He was respected for this , and also liked for his good nature . His schoolmates looked upon him with such admiration that they found it an honour to carry him on their shoulders - an honour not easily bestowed upon ...
... physical strenght . He was respected for this , and also liked for his good nature . His schoolmates looked upon him with such admiration that they found it an honour to carry him on their shoulders - an honour not easily bestowed upon ...
Page 106
... Physically he was certainly too concen- trated on his difficulties , but one would be rash to call this hypochondria . To begin with , it was a necessity for Johnson to pay constant extra attention to his movements and physical con ...
... Physically he was certainly too concen- trated on his difficulties , but one would be rash to call this hypochondria . To begin with , it was a necessity for Johnson to pay constant extra attention to his movements and physical con ...
Page 107
... physical symptoms from which he could not detach himself . Since his youth , physical disturbances and abnormalities daily reminded him of the fact that he had a body , and a body which was an inconvenience . And finally , I admit ...
... physical symptoms from which he could not detach himself . Since his youth , physical disturbances and abnormalities daily reminded him of the fact that he had a body , and a body which was an inconvenience . And finally , I admit ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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