Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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Page 152
... Boswell where Johnson calls himself ' Dr. Johnson ' , second a letter in which he so styles himself . The letter is one of those discussed below . The passage in Boswell invites scrutiny . Boswell had mentioned , in a general company ...
... Boswell where Johnson calls himself ' Dr. Johnson ' , second a letter in which he so styles himself . The letter is one of those discussed below . The passage in Boswell invites scrutiny . Boswell had mentioned , in a general company ...
Page 171
... will be made in what follows : that in analysing Boswell's journal we are concerned not merely with perception and memory , but also with imagination . To distinguish Scott from Boswell merely in the workings of the BOSWELL AND SCOTT 171.
... will be made in what follows : that in analysing Boswell's journal we are concerned not merely with perception and memory , but also with imagination . To distinguish Scott from Boswell merely in the workings of the BOSWELL AND SCOTT 171.
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... Boswell's world , but by conscious literary devices tricked other people into seeing something else ? That would be too simple a description of a very complex situation . Scott did perceive a normal , average world just about like Boswell's ...
... Boswell's world , but by conscious literary devices tricked other people into seeing something else ? That would be too simple a description of a very complex situation . Scott did perceive a normal , average world just about like Boswell's ...
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THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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