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... debate ' that this should be so , when the marriage debate itself concludes in the thought that there is no basis for rational choice . It is a thought which only confirms Imlac's comment to Rasselas at the outset of the journey ...
... debate ' that this should be so , when the marriage debate itself concludes in the thought that there is no basis for rational choice . It is a thought which only confirms Imlac's comment to Rasselas at the outset of the journey ...
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... debate ' . " Hawkins is right to ' wonder ' that Johnson , ' born to a narrow fortune , of no profession , conversant chiefly with books ... and so great a stranger to senatorial manners that he was never within the walls of either ...
... debate ' . " Hawkins is right to ' wonder ' that Johnson , ' born to a narrow fortune , of no profession , conversant chiefly with books ... and so great a stranger to senatorial manners that he was never within the walls of either ...
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... debate . The speakers genu- inely respond to each other's attacks , and Pitt in particular deliberately seems to stoke up the violence of his own mood . But we have only to look at the day's earlier proceedings on the same topic to see ...
... debate . The speakers genu- inely respond to each other's attacks , and Pitt in particular deliberately seems to stoke up the violence of his own mood . But we have only to look at the day's earlier proceedings on the same topic to see ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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achievement appearance becomes begins Boswell called Chapter choice clear close comes common considered course creative criticism death debate described desire Dictionary dream earlier effect English equally essay evidence expect experience fact fall fantasy fear final force give hand happiness hope human Human Wishes Ibid idea Idler imagination Imlac interest Irene Johnsonian Journey kind labour later learning least less letter Levet lines literary Lives London means mind moral mother nature never notes observation once pain passage passions perhaps play pleasure poem poetry Poets portrait praise present produced provides Rambler Rasselas reason Samuel Johnson scene seems seen sense success suggestion talent Thales theme thing thought tion truth turn Vanity whole wish writing young