Samuel Johnson: A Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages Influence of Johnson's own religious interpretation on his life and work. |
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... literature , it would be presumptuous to assume that William Law was the sole source of his knowledge about the meaning of perfection . Me might , for instance , have learned about this dedicated mode of existence from St. Augustine or ...
... literature , it would be presumptuous to assume that William Law was the sole source of his knowledge about the meaning of perfection . Me might , for instance , have learned about this dedicated mode of existence from St. Augustine or ...
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... literature its influence was a mixed blessing . On the one hand , the concomitant esteem for the emotions helped to restore a proper regard for the passions . On the other hand , as so many plays , novels , and poems of the mid ...
... literature its influence was a mixed blessing . On the one hand , the concomitant esteem for the emotions helped to restore a proper regard for the passions . On the other hand , as so many plays , novels , and poems of the mid ...
Page 222
... Literature ( Minneapolis , 1953 ) , and Rob- ert Voitle , " Shaftesbury's Moral Sense , " Studies in Philology , LII ( Jan. , 1958 ) , 17–38 . 6 R. S. Crane , " Suggestions Toward a Genealogy of the ' Man of Feeling , ' " ELH , I ( Dec ...
... Literature ( Minneapolis , 1953 ) , and Rob- ert Voitle , " Shaftesbury's Moral Sense , " Studies in Philology , LII ( Jan. , 1958 ) , 17–38 . 6 R. S. Crane , " Suggestions Toward a Genealogy of the ' Man of Feeling , ' " ELH , I ( Dec ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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