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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... Horace Walpole , Burke , and Benjamin Franklin . It would have been easier , in some ways , to combine both in a single volume ; but in this age of growing bustle and mounting prices there is , more often than ever , truth in the adage ...
... Horace Walpole , Burke , and Benjamin Franklin . It would have been easier , in some ways , to combine both in a single volume ; but in this age of growing bustle and mounting prices there is , more often than ever , truth in the adage ...
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... Walpole to his son Horace . ' Some history ? ' ' No , don't read history to me ; that can't be true ! ' ' History , ' echoes Horace Walpole in his turn , ' is a romance that is believed ; romance , a history that is not believed ...
... Walpole to his son Horace . ' Some history ? ' ' No , don't read history to me ; that can't be true ! ' ' History , ' echoes Horace Walpole in his turn , ' is a romance that is believed ; romance , a history that is not believed ...
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... Horace Walpole on Edmund Keene , who became Master of Peterhouse , then Bishop of Chester : ' My father gave him a living of seven hundred pounds a year to marry one of his natural daughters : he took the living ; and my father dying ...
... Horace Walpole on Edmund Keene , who became Master of Peterhouse , then Bishop of Chester : ' My father gave him a living of seven hundred pounds a year to marry one of his natural daughters : he took the living ; and my father dying ...
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... Horace Walpole , Cowper , Jane Austen's Mr Woodhouse ( ' An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome ' ) , could yet be in- credibly tough . Again , the expedition , in which Hume took part , to besiege Lorient ( 1746 ) sailed with no ...
... Horace Walpole , Cowper , Jane Austen's Mr Woodhouse ( ' An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome ' ) , could yet be in- credibly tough . Again , the expedition , in which Hume took part , to besiege Lorient ( 1746 ) sailed with no ...
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... Horace Walpole , I think , wrote far better letters even than John- son's ; yet with Walpole we cannot feel quite the same intimacy . For even in letters a man's pen seldom runs as frankly and truly as his tongue . The letter - writer ...
... Horace Walpole , I think , wrote far better letters even than John- son's ; yet with Walpole we cannot feel quite the same intimacy . For even in letters a man's pen seldom runs as frankly and truly as his tongue . The letter - writer ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1961 |
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