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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... never . Even Montaigne sometimes misleads ; even Rousseau , though unblushing in his exhibitionism , is quite untrustworthy . Pepys , indeed , and Boswell , journalizing for themselves alone , do convince us ; but they remain almost ...
... never . Even Montaigne sometimes misleads ; even Rousseau , though unblushing in his exhibitionism , is quite untrustworthy . Pepys , indeed , and Boswell , journalizing for themselves alone , do convince us ; but they remain almost ...
Pagina 15
... never chosen - might conduct Platonic dialogues while snuffing , like ancient deities , the sweet savour of the dinners cooking beneath them , behind a grille symbolically embellished with a single gilt pineapple . Small things ; yet ...
... never chosen - might conduct Platonic dialogues while snuffing , like ancient deities , the sweet savour of the dinners cooking beneath them , behind a grille symbolically embellished with a single gilt pineapple . Small things ; yet ...
Pagina 16
... 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.
... 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.
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... never to undertake a piece of work , or read a book , without asking , ' Is it worth the amount of life it will cost ? ' ; never to pursue any kind of knowledge ( apart from practical necessities ) without demanding , ' Will it make ...
... never to undertake a piece of work , or read a book , without asking , ' Is it worth the amount of life it will cost ? ' ; never to pursue any kind of knowledge ( apart from practical necessities ) without demanding , ' Will it make ...
Pagina 21
... never , I think , been so prevalent since ancient Greece ; and has never , I think , since the coming of Romanticism , been so pre- valent again . There is , to me , something most remarkable in their enthusiasm against ' enthusiasm ...
... never , I think , been so prevalent since ancient Greece ; and has never , I think , since the coming of Romanticism , been so pre- valent again . There is , to me , something most remarkable in their enthusiasm against ' enthusiasm ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
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