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... necessary to try and find out what was the philosophy from which came the great company of repartees — how far it was a coherent philosophy and how far it was mere prejudice. It is necessary to explain how it was that a man who did not ...
... necessary to try and find out what was the philosophy from which came the great company of repartees — how far it was a coherent philosophy and how far it was mere prejudice. It is necessary to explain how it was that a man who did not ...
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... necessary to understand what it is that is asking to be defended. Johnson had none of that real hatred of happy men which subconsciously dominates so much that passes under the name of social reform. His hatred was for lies. He would ...
... necessary to understand what it is that is asking to be defended. Johnson had none of that real hatred of happy men which subconsciously dominates so much that passes under the name of social reform. His hatred was for lies. He would ...
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... necessary that his work should be superseded. He set out to "fix" the English language. Long before his task was finished he had gained sense to see the impossibility of his ambition. The task was, in its nature, impossible. Even had it ...
... necessary that his work should be superseded. He set out to "fix" the English language. Long before his task was finished he had gained sense to see the impossibility of his ambition. The task was, in its nature, impossible. Even had it ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
SPEARE AND VOLTAIRE | 62 |
THE JOHNSONIANS | 116 |
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