James Boswell [ Art and Literature ]
… drinking, which placed a limit on his capacity for sociability. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés alcool Depression Charm Manners sexe Boswell, who was born into a Scottish Presbyterian legal and landowning family in 1740, suffered all … lost in supreme rapture. Louisa was madly fond of me; she declared I was a prodigy.’ ( London Journal 163) Capable of charm, of politeness and of conversation with a wide range of women, Boswell brought sociability with him to duchesses, … all of this, however, is also his favourite role model of all, ‘Captain Macheath’ from John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera , the charming rogue whose bearing and dash wins him admiration – and women – in every company. Partager Partager sur Facebook …
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