Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778McGraw-Hill, 1970 - 418 Seiten |
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... death but it was for a more fundamental reason : because the stubborn scepticism of his nature kept whispering to him that religion was all a dream and that with death he would cease utterly to be . And to be happy , even for a moment ...
... death but it was for a more fundamental reason : because the stubborn scepticism of his nature kept whispering to him that religion was all a dream and that with death he would cease utterly to be . And to be happy , even for a moment ...
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... death ; of going into an unknown state and not being uneasy at leaving all that he knew . And you are to con- sider that upon his own principle of annihilation he had no motive not to lie . " The horror for death which I have always ...
... death ; of going into an unknown state and not being uneasy at leaving all that he knew . And you are to con- sider that upon his own principle of annihilation he had no motive not to lie . " The horror for death which I have always ...
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... death , which he dreads so much . His dread of death has sometimes shocked me , as I thought it a most gloomy and desponding consideration that his vigorous mind and exalted knowledge and moral ex- cellence could not overcome the dread ...
... death , which he dreads so much . His dread of death has sometimes shocked me , as I thought it a most gloomy and desponding consideration that his vigorous mind and exalted knowledge and moral ex- cellence could not overcome the dread ...
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TEXT OF Boswell in Extremes 17761778 | 1 |
APPENDIX A Boswell to Hugh Blair 24 February 1777 Hugh Blair | 357 |
INDEX | 379 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Account of Corsica Advocate afternoon agreeable Allan Ramsay April Ashbourne asked Auchinleck AUGUST Boswell Boswell's breakfast Bruce Campbell Burke Caledonian Mercury called Campbell Captain cause Church conversation Court of Session Cuninghame David David Hume death DECEMBER dinner Doctor drank tea drink Duke Earl Edinburgh Erskine father forenoon FRIDAY Garrick George Gilkie Grange dined happy heard House of Lords Hume James James Boswell JANUARY Johnson journal Lady Langton letter lived London Lord Advocate Lord Monboddo Lord Mountstuart manuscript March Matthew Dickie mentioned mind Miss Monboddo MONDAY morning night NOVEMBER OCTOBER Percy pleased Preston pretty prosecutor Robert Robert Boswell SATURDAY Scotland Scots SEPTEMBER Sir George's Sir John Sir Joshua spirits SUNDAY supped talked thought Thrale THURSDAY tion told TUESDAY uneasy Veronica vexed walked Webster WEDNESDAY wife William wine wish write wrote young
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