The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell and GoldsmithBloomsbury Publishing, 19 nov. 2015 - 384 pagini Best known for his guide on writing and recognizing good prose, Style (1955), F.L. Lucas addresses four of the most popular 18th-century English poets and writers in this book: Samuel Johnson, Lord Chesterfield, James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith. Knowledgeably, conversationally, and often amusing, he sketches the images of men who greatly influenced 18th century England and its literary landscape. |
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... ENGLISH LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY STYLE BEDDOES CRABBE D. G. ROSSETTI TENNYSON FROM OLYMPUS TO THE STYX CÉCILE DOCTOR DIDO THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN THE BEAR DANCES FOUR PLAYS POEMS 1935 ARIADNE GILGAMESH HERO AND LEANDER APHRODITE ...
... ENGLISH LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY STYLE BEDDOES CRABBE D. G. ROSSETTI TENNYSON FROM OLYMPUS TO THE STYX CÉCILE DOCTOR DIDO THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN THE BEAR DANCES FOUR PLAYS POEMS 1935 ARIADNE GILGAMESH HERO AND LEANDER APHRODITE ...
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... , Cambridge University Reader in English THE SEARCH FOR GOOD SENSE FOUR EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY CHARACTERS Johnson Chesterfield Boswell Goldsmith CASSELL & COMPANY LTD CASSELL & COMPANY LTD • 35 Red Lion Square London. LONDON.
... , Cambridge University Reader in English THE SEARCH FOR GOOD SENSE FOUR EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY CHARACTERS Johnson Chesterfield Boswell Goldsmith CASSELL & COMPANY LTD CASSELL & COMPANY LTD • 35 Red Lion Square London. LONDON.
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... English centuries - a visible chronicle in characters of stone . North - eastward , high above the rest , towers King's Chapel- slowly perfected through six reigns and seventy years ( 1446–1515 ) , while the stormy sunset of the Middle ...
... English centuries - a visible chronicle in characters of stone . North - eastward , high above the rest , towers King's Chapel- slowly perfected through six reigns and seventy years ( 1446–1515 ) , while the stormy sunset of the Middle ...
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... English mind worked typically . Its tradition might have changed : yet it cherished tradition.1 For the foundation - stone of Gibbs's Building , it is said , was a block left half - sawn by the dis- mayed builders of the Chapel , two ...
... English mind worked typically . Its tradition might have changed : yet it cherished tradition.1 For the foundation - stone of Gibbs's Building , it is said , was a block left half - sawn by the dis- mayed builders of the Chapel , two ...
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... English ) ; or it may mean merely that this quality is less uncommon there than elsewhere . It would be a false and flattering view of the eighteenth century to suppose that the qualities of a Reynolds or a Mozart were common then ...
... English ) ; or it may mean merely that this quality is less uncommon there than elsewhere . It would be a false and flattering view of the eighteenth century to suppose that the qualities of a Reynolds or a Mozart were common then ...
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