Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1944 - 599 sivua Samuel Johnson was a pessimist with an enormous zest for living. It has been said that no one was ever more typically English and it has also been said that he is one of the world's greatest eccentrics. But no other single trait of his character is quite so striking as the strange combination of deeply pessimistic convictions with an enormous - almost Gargantuan - appetite for learning, for literature, for good company, and for food. The literature surrounding Samuel Johnson is enormous and there is probably no other English man of letters except Shakespeare whom so many people acknowledge as the chief interest in their lives. They not only write books and read papers, they also form clubs, give dinners, stage celebrations, and collect curios. |
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... appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their particular inconveniences by particular favours . " Since Boswell's time it has been repeatedly remarked that the sentence structure , the rhythm , and ...
... appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their particular inconveniences by particular favours . " Since Boswell's time it has been repeatedly remarked that the sentence structure , the rhythm , and ...
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... appear as possibly the magnum opus of a personage well established in the literary world . His character , his tastes and his private way of life also are during these years pretty well fixed . " It is true that neither Boswell nor Mrs ...
... appear as possibly the magnum opus of a personage well established in the literary world . His character , his tastes and his private way of life also are during these years pretty well fixed . " It is true that neither Boswell nor Mrs ...
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... appear ridiculous it is because our Language is deficient . I sent my letter on Tuesday by an Express . It was shewn to M. de Voltaire who with his own hand wrote this answer in the Character of Madam Denis . . . . Temple , I am your ...
... appear ridiculous it is because our Language is deficient . I sent my letter on Tuesday by an Express . It was shewn to M. de Voltaire who with his own hand wrote this answer in the Character of Madam Denis . . . . Temple , I am your ...
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