Samuel Johnson, BiographerCornell University Press, 1978 - 237 Seiten |
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... present us with " a more exact knowledge " of public figures “ because we see them in their pri- vate apartments , in their careless hours , and observe those actions in which they indulged their own inclinations , without any re- gard ...
... present us with " a more exact knowledge " of public figures “ because we see them in their pri- vate apartments , in their careless hours , and observe those actions in which they indulged their own inclinations , without any re- gard ...
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... presents , largely through the addition of telling anecdotes omitted from William Oldis- worth's short " character ... present , even when delivered through the restraints and obliquities of irony . Boswell generally presents ; Johnson ...
... presents , largely through the addition of telling anecdotes omitted from William Oldis- worth's short " character ... present , even when delivered through the restraints and obliquities of irony . Boswell generally presents ; Johnson ...
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... present alternative motives for a single action . Even when directed by a general knowledge of the character of his subject , the alternatives may be numerous . Edmund Smith , who might have had the patronage of Halifax , " by pride ...
... present alternative motives for a single action . Even when directed by a general knowledge of the character of his subject , the alternatives may be numerous . Edmund Smith , who might have had the patronage of Halifax , " by pride ...
Inhalt
Preface 95 | 15 |
Conclusion | 214 |
Bibliography | 221 |
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