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... painful . A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault ; I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather , and stood for a considerable time bareheaded in the rain , on the spot where my father's stall used to stand.36 On this occasion ...
... painful . A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault ; I went to Uttoxeter in very bad weather , and stood for a considerable time bareheaded in the rain , on the spot where my father's stall used to stand.36 On this occasion ...
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... pain ' , he nevertheless interprets the relationship between Mrs Thrale and Johnson in terms of fixation rather than enactment . Johnson suffered ' desires of which he was ashamed but which he felt impelled to confess to her . He felt ...
... pain ' , he nevertheless interprets the relationship between Mrs Thrale and Johnson in terms of fixation rather than enactment . Johnson suffered ' desires of which he was ashamed but which he felt impelled to confess to her . He felt ...
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Contents
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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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