The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 62
... remained hacks and could never manage to escape Grub Street . When we consider the matter carefully , it is rather unusual that Johnson was able to make the desperate and herioc effort to accomplish the gigantic feat of writing the ...
... remained hacks and could never manage to escape Grub Street . When we consider the matter carefully , it is rather unusual that Johnson was able to make the desperate and herioc effort to accomplish the gigantic feat of writing the ...
Page 63
... remained part of him . In my opinion this should not be ascribed exclusively to his trials and tribulations . These are features one encounters very often in epileptic patients . In this respect it is irrelevant whether the epilepsy is ...
... remained part of him . In my opinion this should not be ascribed exclusively to his trials and tribulations . These are features one encounters very often in epileptic patients . In this respect it is irrelevant whether the epilepsy is ...
Page 106
... remained abortive ( in 1771 , 1744 and 1777 ) but at other times " broke through " and persisted for months . Under the heading of acute epileptic exacerbations , although not in the form of an anomaly of mood , we can also include the ...
... remained abortive ( in 1771 , 1744 and 1777 ) but at other times " broke through " and persisted for months . Under the heading of acute epileptic exacerbations , although not in the form of an anomaly of mood , we can also include the ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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