Dr. Samuel Johnson and James BoswellHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1986 - 280 Seiten A collection of critical essays on the works of Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, arranged in order of original publication. |
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... desire for rural retreat ; in the author , out- wardly nonchalant , who walks about expectantly on the day he is published in the hope of catching stray comments about his work ; and , to a less degree , the desire for riches has a ...
... desire for rural retreat ; in the author , out- wardly nonchalant , who walks about expectantly on the day he is published in the hope of catching stray comments about his work ; and , to a less degree , the desire for riches has a ...
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... desire into new and unexpected veins . The imagination of even the old man in Rasselas , for whom everything has " lost its novelty , " and who believes that " Nothing is now of much importance beyond myself , " is not at rest . In no ...
... desire into new and unexpected veins . The imagination of even the old man in Rasselas , for whom everything has " lost its novelty , " and who believes that " Nothing is now of much importance beyond myself , " is not at rest . In no ...
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... desires are satisfied , Rasselas — in the chapter called " The Wants of him that Wants Nothing " -finds himself envying the animals if only because , unlike them , he has nothing " to desire . " The very frequency of envy " makes it so ...
... desires are satisfied , Rasselas — in the chapter called " The Wants of him that Wants Nothing " -finds himself envying the animals if only because , unlike them , he has nothing " to desire . " The very frequency of envy " makes it so ...
Inhalt
Johnsons Theory | 11 |
The Life of Boswell | 31 |
The Treachery of the Human Heart and the Stratagems of Defense | 45 |
Urheberrecht | |
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