The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] GoldsmithMacmillan, 1961 - 354 pagini |
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Pagina 16
... the eighteenth century to suppose that the qualities of a Reynolds or a Mozart were common then . Such qualities are never common . And yet work like that of Reynolds or Mozart , Montesquieu or Voltaire , Johnson or 16 INTRODUCTORY.
... the eighteenth century to suppose that the qualities of a Reynolds or a Mozart were common then . Such qualities are never common . And yet work like that of Reynolds or Mozart , Montesquieu or Voltaire , Johnson or 16 INTRODUCTORY.
Pagina 127
... Montesquieu , Diderot , or Benjamin Franklin . Secondly , the ' obedient passions ' Johnson craved were far from being his . To us , probably , he would be far less interesting and amusing if he had kept pride , passion , and prejudice ...
... Montesquieu , Diderot , or Benjamin Franklin . Secondly , the ' obedient passions ' Johnson craved were far from being his . To us , probably , he would be far less interesting and amusing if he had kept pride , passion , and prejudice ...
Pagina 308
... Montesquieu and Goldsmith are as different as that sun of the Midi which flashes down on the dryness of pointed limestone and darting lizard , from the sun of Leinster that silvers fitfully the flow of Shannon , and turns only greener ...
... Montesquieu and Goldsmith are as different as that sun of the Midi which flashes down on the dryness of pointed limestone and darting lizard , from the sun of Leinster that silvers fitfully the flow of Shannon , and turns only greener ...
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The EighteenthCentury Mind PAGE I | 1 |
Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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