Dr. JohnsonV. Golancz, 1928 - 203 pages |
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Page 17
... opinion agreed with the con- ventional opinion , as does that of every sensible person . But it would be difficult - though , I admit , not impossible -to find a conventional opinion which he held that was not also a true opinion . If ...
... opinion agreed with the con- ventional opinion , as does that of every sensible person . But it would be difficult - though , I admit , not impossible -to find a conventional opinion which he held that was not also a true opinion . If ...
Page 19
... opinions , though as wrong as any opinions can be , are surely not stupid opinions . Certainly they are not conventional opinions . We must admit that , owing to physical defects , Johnson was himself quite incapable of ęsthetic ...
... opinions , though as wrong as any opinions can be , are surely not stupid opinions . Certainly they are not conventional opinions . We must admit that , owing to physical defects , Johnson was himself quite incapable of ęsthetic ...
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... opinion of history . Once , when Charles James Fox insisted on talking to him of the Catilinarian con- spiracy , he " withdrew his attention and thought about Tom Thumb . " The study of history , he argued , was not a valuable study ...
... opinion of history . Once , when Charles James Fox insisted on talking to him of the Catilinarian con- spiracy , he " withdrew his attention and thought about Tom Thumb . " The study of history , he argued , was not a valuable study ...
Contents
II | 10 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF GRUB STREET | 26 |
THE RAMBLER CHESTERFIELD SHAKESPEARE | 51 |
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