Selected EssaysPenguin UK, 27. 2. 2003 - Počet stran: 640 This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'. |
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... equally learned ... ' ( Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson ( 1792 ) , reprinted in Johnson : The Critical Heritage , p . 70 ) . 25. Sir John Hawkins , The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. , second edition ( London , 1787 ) , p . 175 ...
... equally learned ... ' ( Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson ( 1792 ) , reprinted in Johnson : The Critical Heritage , p . 70 ) . 25. Sir John Hawkins , The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. , second edition ( London , 1787 ) , p . 175 ...
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... equally strange , or by means equally inadequate . When we pity him , we reflect on our own disappointments ; and when we laugh , our hearts inform us that he is not more ridiculous than ourselves , except that he tells what we have ...
... equally strange , or by means equally inadequate . When we pity him , we reflect on our own disappointments ; and when we laugh , our hearts inform us that he is not more ridiculous than ourselves , except that he tells what we have ...
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... sufficient reason , as he will find it crouded with names of men , who , though now forgotten , were once no less enterprising or confident than himself , equally pleased with their own productions , equally caressed by their patrons.
... sufficient reason , as he will find it crouded with names of men , who , though now forgotten , were once no less enterprising or confident than himself , equally pleased with their own productions , equally caressed by their patrons.
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Samuel Johnson. with their own productions , equally caressed by their patrons , and flattered by their friends . But , though it should happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in ...
Samuel Johnson. with their own productions , equally caressed by their patrons , and flattered by their friends . But , though it should happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in ...
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... equally beyond his sphere of activity ; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors , deliverers and persecutors , as with beings of another species , whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own , and who had neither ...
... equally beyond his sphere of activity ; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors , deliverers and persecutors , as with beings of another species , whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own , and who had neither ...
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