Dr. JohnsonV. Golancz, 1928 - 203 pages |
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Page 63
... possible to nature , it would not have been possible to Johnson , for he was no etymolo- gist and knew little of any Elizabethan authors except Shakespeare and Ben Jonson - two fatal handicaps . It was one of his peccadilloes to refuse ...
... possible to nature , it would not have been possible to Johnson , for he was no etymolo- gist and knew little of any Elizabethan authors except Shakespeare and Ben Jonson - two fatal handicaps . It was one of his peccadilloes to refuse ...
Page 97
... possible to predict his opinions ; it was never possible to predict the argument with which he would defend those opinions . His distinctions were hardly ever original , but they were always lucid and always important . One can open ...
... possible to predict his opinions ; it was never possible to predict the argument with which he would defend those opinions . His distinctions were hardly ever original , but they were always lucid and always important . One can open ...
Page 159
... possible to God , it was clearly possible for Him to accept some smaller sacrifice as a satisfaction for the sins of the world . He might have accepted the sacrifice of Isaac . He might , as Milton would have it that He did , have ...
... possible to God , it was clearly possible for Him to accept some smaller sacrifice as a satisfaction for the sins of the world . He might have accepted the sacrifice of Isaac . He might , as Milton would have it that He did , have ...
Contents
II | 10 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF GRUB STREET | 26 |
THE RAMBLER CHESTERFIELD SHAKESPEARE | 51 |
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