Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1960 - 1491 páginas |
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... knowledge of Johnson , and much to our knowledge of Boswell , especially in the present century . But the accumulation of knowledge has its dangers ; and the advice given ' to the young reader ' by George Birkbeck Hill in his preface of ...
... knowledge of Johnson , and much to our knowledge of Boswell , especially in the present century . But the accumulation of knowledge has its dangers ; and the advice given ' to the young reader ' by George Birkbeck Hill in his preface of ...
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... knowledge was not desirable on its own account , for it often was a source of unhappiness . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , that knowledge may in some cases pro- duce unhappiness , I allow . But , upon the whole , knowledge , per se , is ...
... knowledge was not desirable on its own account , for it often was a source of unhappiness . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , that knowledge may in some cases pro- duce unhappiness , I allow . But , upon the whole , knowledge , per se , is ...
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... knowledge , had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the High- landers and the other ...
... knowledge , had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the High- landers and the other ...
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