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"The State of Affairs in Lilliput" handler om ???
"On Gay's Epitaph" handler om ???
"A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage" handler om ???
"An Essay on Epitaphs" handler om ???
"The Vision of Theodore, the Hermit of Teneriffe" handler om ???
"On Theory and Practice" handler om ???
"The Benefits of Human Society" handler om ???
"The Role of the Scholar" handler om ???
"Observations on the present State of Affairs (1736)" handler om ???
"Of the Duty of a Journalist" handler om ???
"The Vultures' View of Man" handler om ???
"Debtors' Prisons (1)" handler om gældsfængsel og om at det er et selvmål af rang at fængsle arbejdsføre folk.
"Consolation in the Face of Death" handler om ???
"The Nature of a Critic" handler om ???
"European Oppression in America" handler om ???
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, perception and wit that made Johnson the leading man of letters of his day, and one of the finest essayists in the English language.… (more)
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Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Penguin Books, Great Ideas, bind 67
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824.6 |