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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... wish to know about him . " JOHNSON . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " There was no arguing with him at the moment . Some time afterwards he ...
... wish to know about him . " JOHNSON . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " There was no arguing with him at the moment . Some time afterwards he ...
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Harold Bloom. LEOPOLD DAMROSCH , JR . The Vanity of Human Wishes Among Johnson's noncritical works the two which have continued to enjoy the greatest esteem are The Vanity of Human Wishes and Rasselas . The first is a formal " imitation ...
Harold Bloom. LEOPOLD DAMROSCH , JR . The Vanity of Human Wishes Among Johnson's noncritical works the two which have continued to enjoy the greatest esteem are The Vanity of Human Wishes and Rasselas . The first is a formal " imitation ...
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... wish , two lines later , that these signs might be made permanent , " like the things ( my italics ) which they denote " an expression which entirely misses the point of Locke's definition . " Gram- mar , " he announces at the start of ...
... wish , two lines later , that these signs might be made permanent , " like the things ( my italics ) which they denote " an expression which entirely misses the point of Locke's definition . " Gram- mar , " he announces at the start of ...
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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