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 28
... Rasselas in its day was translated into Russian ; and Muscovites might be expected to feel a special interest in bears . But the Russian's com- ment shattered their illusions . ' Ah ! ' said he , ' the Dean of Canter- bury ? ' Very ...
... Rasselas in its day was translated into Russian ; and Muscovites might be expected to feel a special interest in bears . But the Russian's com- ment shattered their illusions . ' Ah ! ' said he , ' the Dean of Canter- bury ? ' Very ...
Pagina 31
... Rasselas with The Vicar of Wakefield ; nor Irene with She Stoops to Conquer or The School for Scandal . Time has inevitably super- seded Johnson's Dictionary , and his Shakespeare - though not its splendid Preface , nor The Lives of the ...
... Rasselas with The Vicar of Wakefield ; nor Irene with She Stoops to Conquer or The School for Scandal . Time has inevitably super- seded Johnson's Dictionary , and his Shakespeare - though not its splendid Preface , nor The Lives of the ...
Pagina 43
... Rasselas ( 1759 ) scribbled in the evenings of a single week , to pay for his mother's funeral , is a prose counterpart of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes . However , not the least strong of human wishes is to read about their vanity ...
... Rasselas ( 1759 ) scribbled in the evenings of a single week , to pay for his mother's funeral , is a prose counterpart of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes . However , not the least strong of human wishes is to read about their vanity ...
Pagina 44
... Rasselas are , I find this a quite astonishing reflection . Was ever man , who wrote so much , so much bigger than his books ? At last , in 1762 , came official recognition , with the pension con- ferred by a more effectual patron than ...
... Rasselas are , I find this a quite astonishing reflection . Was ever man , who wrote so much , so much bigger than his books ? At last , in 1762 , came official recognition , with the pension con- ferred by a more effectual patron than ...
Pagina 62
... Rasselas ( ch . xvi ) : ' In the assembly , where you passed last night , there appeared such sprightliness of air , and volatility of fancy , as might have suited beings of an higher order , formed to inhabit serener regions ...
... Rasselas ( ch . xvi ) : ' In the assembly , where you passed last night , there appeared such sprightliness of air , and volatility of fancy , as might have suited beings of an higher order , formed to inhabit serener regions ...
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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 |
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