Samuel Johnson, BiographerCornell University Press, 1978 - 237 Seiten |
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... truth and morality provide much of the power of Johnsonian biography . And if we have to make a choice between the two , truth will win : " Whether to see life as it is will give us much consolation I know 12. " The Life of the Author ...
... truth and morality provide much of the power of Johnsonian biography . And if we have to make a choice between the two , truth will win : " Whether to see life as it is will give us much consolation I know 12. " The Life of the Author ...
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... truth , impartially delivered . “ Uninterpreted truth is as useless as buried gold , ” asserts Strachey , perhaps remembering Johnson's use of the same figure in Idler No. 84 to make a point at once close to Strachey's and significantly ...
... truth , impartially delivered . “ Uninterpreted truth is as useless as buried gold , ” asserts Strachey , perhaps remembering Johnson's use of the same figure in Idler No. 84 to make a point at once close to Strachey's and significantly ...
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... truth . He is not demanding literal truth . He knows , for instance , that " exaggerated praise " is allowable in epitaphs , elegies , and panegyrics ( Life , II , 407 ) . “ In lapidary inscriptions , " he tells Boswell , “ a man is not ...
... truth . He is not demanding literal truth . He knows , for instance , that " exaggerated praise " is allowable in epitaphs , elegies , and panegyrics ( Life , II , 407 ) . “ In lapidary inscriptions , " he tells Boswell , “ a man is not ...
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Preface 95 | 15 |
Conclusion | 214 |
Bibliography | 221 |
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