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Page 179
... trade . We remember how Sir Leicester Dedlock , in the earlier part of the Victorian age , condescended to the ironmaster . Of the many younger sons that figure in Johnson's Essays , only two were engaged in trade . Misocapelus , whose ...
... trade . We remember how Sir Leicester Dedlock , in the earlier part of the Victorian age , condescended to the ironmaster . Of the many younger sons that figure in Johnson's Essays , only two were engaged in trade . Misocapelus , whose ...
Page 182
... trade . " Both these stories show that the aristocratic contempt of trade was strong , and that the younger brother , by engaging in it , lost caste . But there were other openings for him : My father was the second son of a very ...
... trade . " Both these stories show that the aristocratic contempt of trade was strong , and that the younger brother , by engaging in it , lost caste . But there were other openings for him : My father was the second son of a very ...
Page 189
... trade . " In due course this younger son ' was transplanted to town , and , with great satisfaction to myself , bound to a haberdasher . " How he was snubbed as a social " outsider " in the vacation and thereby lost his relish for the ...
... trade . " In due course this younger son ' was transplanted to town , and , with great satisfaction to myself , bound to a haberdasher . " How he was snubbed as a social " outsider " in the vacation and thereby lost his relish for the ...
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INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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