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... imagination actually shape his creative work , frequently focussing on the imaginative act itself . As Johnson entered the great decade which produced most of his best - known work , the theme became increasingly a conscious and central ...
... imagination actually shape his creative work , frequently focussing on the imaginative act itself . As Johnson entered the great decade which produced most of his best - known work , the theme became increasingly a conscious and central ...
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... imagination . In the case of the astronomer , far more than in the final choices of life by Rasselas , Nekayah and Pekuah , the sense of awesome duty to a career is directly coupled with the idea of insanity . However , in the chapter ...
... imagination . In the case of the astronomer , far more than in the final choices of life by Rasselas , Nekayah and Pekuah , the sense of awesome duty to a career is directly coupled with the idea of insanity . However , in the chapter ...
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... imaginative stimulation was either entirely ' off the record ' : or was present only to be adjusted , or demolished or superseded by ideas . At Fort George , he betrays his ' official ' attitude to the imagination in this book ; where ...
... imaginative stimulation was either entirely ' off the record ' : or was present only to be adjusted , or demolished or superseded by ideas . At Fort George , he betrays his ' official ' attitude to the imagination in this book ; where ...
Contents
surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
Copyright | |
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