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... continues to make Johnson so fascinating , and it is one of the aspects of his personality which emerges most strongly from Mr. Roberts's pages . 6 Johnson's bibliography is large and complicated . In this field , as in his expository ...
... continues to make Johnson so fascinating , and it is one of the aspects of his personality which emerges most strongly from Mr. Roberts's pages . 6 Johnson's bibliography is large and complicated . In this field , as in his expository ...
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... continues to be elusive . The poet sets himself so high a standard ( ' the interpreter of nature . . . the legislator of mankind .. being superior to time and place ' ) that Rasselas protests himself convinced that no human being can ...
... continues to be elusive . The poet sets himself so high a standard ( ' the interpreter of nature . . . the legislator of mankind .. being superior to time and place ' ) that Rasselas protests himself convinced that no human being can ...
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... have been uniquely described by a great literary artist . Johnson's personality presents many facets and many paradoxes . The man whose character and opinions have delighted , and continue to delight 36 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... have been uniquely described by a great literary artist . Johnson's personality presents many facets and many paradoxes . The man whose character and opinions have delighted , and continue to delight 36 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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