Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1944 - 599 pàgines Samuel Johnson was a pessimist with an enormous zest for living. It has been said that no one was ever more typically English and it has also been said that he is one of the world's greatest eccentrics. But no other single trait of his character is quite so striking as the strange combination of deeply pessimistic convictions with an enormous - almost Gargantuan - appetite for learning, for literature, for good company, and for food. The literature surrounding Samuel Johnson is enormous and there is probably no other English man of letters except Shakespeare whom so many people acknowledge as the chief interest in their lives. They not only write books and read papers, they also form clubs, give dinners, stage celebrations, and collect curios. |
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Pàgina 138
... in what slight respect , in what contempt almost , Johnson held the art of painting : partly because he could not consider any of the arts except in literary terms , partly because the physical limitations of his [ 138 ] Samuel Johnson.
... in what slight respect , in what contempt almost , Johnson held the art of painting : partly because he could not consider any of the arts except in literary terms , partly because the physical limitations of his [ 138 ] Samuel Johnson.
Pàgina 224
... powers , or if you had better not try to run " ; ( July 23rd ) " Mem . Johnson's directions ; not drunk " ; ( August 2nd ) “ Be wt . Johnson at 2 give out ... linens and pack up and be placid and get into [ 224 ] Samuel Johnson.
... powers , or if you had better not try to run " ; ( July 23rd ) " Mem . Johnson's directions ; not drunk " ; ( August 2nd ) “ Be wt . Johnson at 2 give out ... linens and pack up and be placid and get into [ 224 ] Samuel Johnson.
Pàgina 456
... Samuel Johnson , shorter than Johnson's own preface to Pope alone . Malone estimated that the booksellers made five thousand guineas from the work in the course of twenty - five years , and believed that if Johnson had asked a thousand ...
... Samuel Johnson , shorter than Johnson's own preface to Pope alone . Malone estimated that the booksellers made five thousand guineas from the work in the course of twenty - five years , and believed that if Johnson had asked a thousand ...
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