The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... example ) . " If he had some enemies beyond and even on this side of the Tweed , he had more friends " , wrote Thomas Tyers in the biographical sketch ( 229 ) which he published shortly after Johnson's death . " He kept making new ...
... example ) . " If he had some enemies beyond and even on this side of the Tweed , he had more friends " , wrote Thomas Tyers in the biographical sketch ( 229 ) which he published shortly after Johnson's death . " He kept making new ...
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A Pathographic Essay on Samuel Johnson Ernst Verbeek. An equally instructive example is to be found in the opening ... examples in Rambler nr . 23 , the end of Rambler nr . 25 , the beginning of Rambler nr . 31 , in Rambler nr . 32 , at ...
A Pathographic Essay on Samuel Johnson Ernst Verbeek. An equally instructive example is to be found in the opening ... examples in Rambler nr . 23 , the end of Rambler nr . 25 , the beginning of Rambler nr . 31 , in Rambler nr . 32 , at ...
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... example is the opening sentence of Adventurer nr . 74. I deem it unnecessary to expand the number of examples , assuming as I do that few will deny that Johnson's diction must be described as elaborate at many points . It can hardly be ...
... example is the opening sentence of Adventurer nr . 74. I deem it unnecessary to expand the number of examples , assuming as I do that few will deny that Johnson's diction must be described as elaborate at many points . It can hardly be ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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