The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell, GoldsmithCassell, 1958 - 354 pagini |
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... sense that one can say at sight , even without knowing the author , ' That must be eighteenth - century ' . Indeed it is a very curious thing about periods in general that , however violently contemporary writers and artists may often ...
... sense that one can say at sight , even without knowing the author , ' That must be eighteenth - century ' . Indeed it is a very curious thing about periods in general that , however violently contemporary writers and artists may often ...
Pagina 180
... sense enough to know when he was hurting the feelings of others or when he was exposing himself to derision ; and because he was all this , he has , in an important department of literature , immeasurably surpassed such writers as ...
... sense enough to know when he was hurting the feelings of others or when he was exposing himself to derision ; and because he was all this , he has , in an important department of literature , immeasurably surpassed such writers as ...
Pagina 347
... sense and in- tellectual distinction in others . If Chesterfield , too prone to mistake cleverness for wisdom , is more warning than example , still the positive value of his writing lies in its effort to see realities unclouded by ...
... sense and in- tellectual distinction in others . If Chesterfield , too prone to mistake cleverness for wisdom , is more warning than example , still the positive value of his writing lies in its effort to see realities unclouded by ...
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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