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... evidence fits all too well : the cryptic line in Johnson's diary , ' De pedicis et manicis insana cogitatio ' ; 41 Mrs Thrale's reference to the ' Secret far dearer to him than his Life ' with which ' our stern Philosopher Johnson ...
... evidence fits all too well : the cryptic line in Johnson's diary , ' De pedicis et manicis insana cogitatio ' ; 41 Mrs Thrale's reference to the ' Secret far dearer to him than his Life ' with which ' our stern Philosopher Johnson ...
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... evidence of Rambler no . 4 , one might ever imagine Johnson capable of producing . It becomes a myth not only of quest and discovery , but of independence and self- creation . To take the idea of quest first , the search for a choice of ...
... evidence of Rambler no . 4 , one might ever imagine Johnson capable of producing . It becomes a myth not only of quest and discovery , but of independence and self- creation . To take the idea of quest first , the search for a choice of ...
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... evidence to provide the voice of the narrator with a dismissive punch - line . In Chapter XXII , Rasselas finds , among the scholarly debaters , one man whose views have some appeal . He preaches a life according to nature . On enquiry ...
... evidence to provide the voice of the narrator with a dismissive punch - line . In Chapter XXII , Rasselas finds , among the scholarly debaters , one man whose views have some appeal . He preaches a life according to nature . On enquiry ...
Contents
surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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