Le docteur Johnson, critique littéraire (1709-1784): essai de biographie psychologique |
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... mind from preying upon itself ... No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than ... mind may lie at rest . ... Few minds will be long confined to severe and laborious meditation ; ... he that will not ...
... mind from preying upon itself ... No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than ... mind may lie at rest . ... Few minds will be long confined to severe and laborious meditation ; ... he that will not ...
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... mind having become quite luxurious from the long habit of enjoying the metropolis . ( 21 ) London ( I , 10 ) : In vain , these dangers past , your doors you close , And hope the balmy blessings of repose ; Cruel with guilt , and daring ...
... mind having become quite luxurious from the long habit of enjoying the metropolis . ( 21 ) London ( I , 10 ) : In vain , these dangers past , your doors you close , And hope the balmy blessings of repose ; Cruel with guilt , and daring ...
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... mind trammelled by prejudice and deficient in sensibility , but vigorous and acute . ( 68 ) Ibid . ( p . 67 ) : It is but just to say that our intimate acquaintance with what he would himself have called the anfractuosities of his ...
... mind trammelled by prejudice and deficient in sensibility , but vigorous and acute . ( 68 ) Ibid . ( p . 67 ) : It is but just to say that our intimate acquaintance with what he would himself have called the anfractuosities of his ...
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abyssin académie Goncourt Adventurer ANDREW HENDERSON anglaise author biographie books Bosker Boswell Carlyle classicisme conscience criticism critick critique crooked way David Garrick Dictionary Dictionnaire Dryden English find first genius George III gloire Goldsmith good great history homme hope humain Ibid Idler imitation intel intellectuelle John Johnson lui-même johnsonien jour jugement know knowledge l'écrivain l'esprit l'homme de lettres l'œuvre language learning Life of Milton Literary literature littéraire littérature little Macbeth mankind Matthew Arnold ment mind monde moral never œuvre parfois personnelle pleasure poète poetry Pope pré Préface Preface to Shakespeare préjugés Prières et Méditations propre public puritanisme qu'une rait Raleigh Rambler Rambler nº Rasselas read reason sait Samuel Johnson sentiments sera seul Shakespeare's plays shakespearien sion Spenser study style things Thomas Tickell thoughts time tion tique tragédie truth Twickenham Vanity vérité vis-à-vis words work writer writings XVIIIe siècle years yeux de Johnson