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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Pagina 45
... Thrale , succeeded , after prolonged efforts , in eating himself to death . And Mrs Thrale , with forty years behind ... Hester wrote at the time to an aunt , ' . . . not founded on Passion , but on Reason , gives us some Right to ...
... Thrale , succeeded , after prolonged efforts , in eating himself to death . And Mrs Thrale , with forty years behind ... Hester wrote at the time to an aunt , ' . . . not founded on Passion , but on Reason , gives us some Right to ...
Pagina 46
... Hester ' mad ' , and ' fallen below pity ' - ' I bring in my verdict lunacy ' . ' There must , ' echoes Mrs Chapone , ' be really some degree of Insanity . ' Fanny Burney , with unpleasant unction , 1 wrote to Queeney Thrale of ' your ...
... Hester ' mad ' , and ' fallen below pity ' - ' I bring in my verdict lunacy ' . ' There must , ' echoes Mrs Chapone , ' be really some degree of Insanity . ' Fanny Burney , with unpleasant unction , 1 wrote to Queeney Thrale of ' your ...
Pagina 48
... Hester Thrale had indeed been his queen for twenty years . And yet -so often is tragedy intertwined with the comic - it is hard not to smile a little at this fantasy worthy of Mrs Radcliffe , about the risks of wedding the perilous ...
... Hester Thrale had indeed been his queen for twenty years . And yet -so often is tragedy intertwined with the comic - it is hard not to smile a little at this fantasy worthy of Mrs Radcliffe , about the risks of wedding the perilous ...
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