In Mind of Johnson: A Study of Johnson the Rambler |
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... turn we may learn from him . For he not only learns from his predecessors , he also learns about the act of learning . He implicitly acknowledges that process of learning as humanly essential by making his own art likewise a thing to be ...
... turn we may learn from him . For he not only learns from his predecessors , he also learns about the act of learning . He implicitly acknowledges that process of learning as humanly essential by making his own art likewise a thing to be ...
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... turn to art after his nervous breakdown , he did so only under his father's revised criterion , still : the criterion of utility . Art must be useful , he found retrospectively , for all his father's prospective exclusions ; art must ...
... turn to art after his nervous breakdown , he did so only under his father's revised criterion , still : the criterion of utility . Art must be useful , he found retrospectively , for all his father's prospective exclusions ; art must ...
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... turn up such things almost at random among the essays : friendship between mortals can be contracted on no other ... turning miseries into happiness , by receiving them rightly , will incline us to ' bless the name of the Lord , whether ...
... turn up such things almost at random among the essays : friendship between mortals can be contracted on no other ... turning miseries into happiness , by receiving them rightly , will incline us to ' bless the name of the Lord , whether ...
Contents
Almost every man will be found to have enlisted | 10 |
Discoursing like an angel living like a | 21 |
The System of Life | 42 |
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