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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... truth in the adage of Callimachus , librarian of Alexandria — ' μέya βιβλίον , μέγα κακόν ' a big book is a big evil . On all these men there already exist many books - many of them big . One feels embarrassed at adding to the number ...
... truth in the adage of Callimachus , librarian of Alexandria — ' μέya βιβλίον , μέγα κακόν ' a big book is a big evil . On all these men there already exist many books - many of them big . One feels embarrassed at adding to the number ...
Pagina 2
... truth ; but the whole truth - 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 ...
... truth ; but the whole truth - 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 ...
Pagina 12
... truth in that poetic title borne by some medieval architect -'magister de vivis lapidibus ' - ' the master of living stones ' . In the masonry of Gibbs ' , and the Senate House , and hundreds of other English and European buildings from ...
... truth in that poetic title borne by some medieval architect -'magister de vivis lapidibus ' - ' the master of living stones ' . In the masonry of Gibbs ' , and the Senate House , and hundreds of other English and European buildings from ...
Pagina 13
... truth , the eighteenth century 1 To West , December 1736 . October 10 , 1751 . 8 June 23 , 1761 . C. H. Cooper , Annals of Cambridge , iv , 244 . A kind of Spanish wine . was seldom sublime , and quite often ridiculous . And. 13 THE ...
... truth , the eighteenth century 1 To West , December 1736 . October 10 , 1751 . 8 June 23 , 1761 . C. H. Cooper , Annals of Cambridge , iv , 244 . A kind of Spanish wine . was seldom sublime , and quite often ridiculous . And. 13 THE ...
Pagina 29
... truth is , that such were the simple friendships of the Golden Age , and are now the friendships only of children . Very few can boast of hearts which they dare lay open to themselves , and of which , by whatever accident exposed , they.
... truth is , that such were the simple friendships of the Golden Age , and are now the friendships only of children . Very few can boast of hearts which they dare lay open to themselves , and of which , by whatever accident exposed , they.
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