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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... Reason ” —the villagers uprooted by Enclosure Acts ; the first pallid victims of the Industrial Revolution herding already into their slums ; Governments of cynical place - hunting and brazen corruption ; a sluggish and simo- niacal ...
... Reason ” —the villagers uprooted by Enclosure Acts ; the first pallid victims of the Industrial Revolution herding already into their slums ; Governments of cynical place - hunting and brazen corruption ; a sluggish and simo- niacal ...
Pagina 9
... reason and dignity , of poise and grace , in certain ways unequalled since , then I call to mind the view from the Bridge of King's.3 1 It appears that in some East End parishes the infant - mortality reached 100 per cent ; and that at ...
... reason and dignity , of poise and grace , in certain ways unequalled since , then I call to mind the view from the Bridge of King's.3 1 It appears that in some East End parishes the infant - mortality reached 100 per cent ; and that at ...
Pagina 11
... Reason excluded violent passions . It was not so dull . With its no less typical Greek pediments ( originally meant to hold sculptures ) and its massive Roman garlands , this Fellows ' Building of Gibbs presented an audacious contrast ...
... Reason excluded violent passions . It was not so dull . With its no less typical Greek pediments ( originally meant to hold sculptures ) and its massive Roman garlands , this Fellows ' Building of Gibbs presented an audacious contrast ...
Pagina 21
... Reason . The two World Wars came in part , like much modern literature and art , because men , whose nature is to tire of everything in turn , as the Athenians tired even of the goodness of Aristides , had tired of common sense and ...
... Reason . The two World Wars came in part , like much modern literature and art , because men , whose nature is to tire of everything in turn , as the Athenians tired even of the goodness of Aristides , had tired of common sense and ...
Pagina 22
... reason for this may be that the eighteenth - century élite , in an aristocratic world where the masses were still largely illiterate , and science had not yet become monstrously specialized , could feel themselves leaders of ...
... reason for this may be that the eighteenth - century élite , in an aristocratic world where the masses were still largely illiterate , and science had not yet become monstrously specialized , could feel themselves leaders of ...
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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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