Samuel Johnson and the Theme of Hope |
Contents
| 11 | |
gleams of reason and clouds of passion | 20 |
surly virtue and pleasing dream | 29 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 43 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
the voluntary dream | 74 |
the phantoms of hope | 89 |
propriety | 139 |
hopes delusive mine | 157 |
Appendix | 165 |
Notes | 173 |
Select Bibliography | 183 |
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