The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 178
... thought no evil so great as deformity . She had not the power of imagining any other defect than a cloudy complexion or disproportionate features ; and therefore comtemplated me as an assemblage of all that could raise envy or desire ...
... thought no evil so great as deformity . She had not the power of imagining any other defect than a cloudy complexion or disproportionate features ; and therefore comtemplated me as an assemblage of all that could raise envy or desire ...
Page 179
... thought me sufficiently shaded from the sun or screened from the fire . She was severe or indulgent with no other intention that the preservation of my form ; she excused me from work , lest I should learn to hang down my head , or ...
... thought me sufficiently shaded from the sun or screened from the fire . She was severe or indulgent with no other intention that the preservation of my form ; she excused me from work , lest I should learn to hang down my head , or ...
Page 187
... thoughts , which influences the original associative chain . From this we can deduce at which point ( at which thought ) the interference of the second associative chain occurs ; and this gives us fresh insight into impulses and motives ...
... thoughts , which influences the original associative chain . From this we can deduce at which point ( at which thought ) the interference of the second associative chain occurs ; and this gives us fresh insight into impulses and motives ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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