The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 62
... received due recognition , and before he was given the opportu- nity to demonstrate them . Difficult school years , because he was so very different from his schoolmates in many ways . Failure as a student and then failure as a teacher ...
... received due recognition , and before he was given the opportu- nity to demonstrate them . Difficult school years , because he was so very different from his schoolmates in many ways . Failure as a student and then failure as a teacher ...
Page 86
... received the sacrament , first praying before I went to the altar according to the prayer precomposed for Tetty and a prayer which I made against unchastity , idleness , and neglect of publick worship . I made it during sermon which I ...
... received the sacrament , first praying before I went to the altar according to the prayer precomposed for Tetty and a prayer which I made against unchastity , idleness , and neglect of publick worship . I made it during sermon which I ...
Page 138
... received your foolish and im- pudent note . Whatever insult is offered me I will do my best to repel and what I cannot do for myself , the law will do for me . I will not desist from detecting what I think a 138 THE MEASURE AND THE CHOICE.
... received your foolish and im- pudent note . Whatever insult is offered me I will do my best to repel and what I cannot do for myself , the law will do for me . I will not desist from detecting what I think a 138 THE MEASURE AND THE CHOICE.
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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