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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... wrote or said , is often certain enough ; and may prove , by its style and tone , more revealing than all their recorded actions ; which may have had a dozen possible motives , now un- knowable . The style is the man . I have chosen ...
... wrote or said , is often certain enough ; and may prove , by its style and tone , more revealing than all their recorded actions ; which may have had a dozen possible motives , now un- knowable . The style is the man . I have chosen ...
Pagina 5
... wrote history . But I emphasize them here at the outset because one cannot put ' perhaps ' or ' I think ' or ' I feel ' in every sentence . I merely wish to make clear that , though I may sometimes seem to speak dogmatically , I ...
... wrote history . But I emphasize them here at the outset because one cannot put ' perhaps ' or ' I think ' or ' I feel ' in every sentence . I merely wish to make clear that , though I may sometimes seem to speak dogmatically , I ...
Pagina 17
... wrote Diderot's clever friend , the German Grimm , ' que nous attribuions à notre siècle , on voit qu'ils ne sont que pour un petit nombre d'élus , et que le petit peuple n'y participe jamais . ' But , for us , it is not the smallness ...
... wrote Diderot's clever friend , the German Grimm , ' que nous attribuions à notre siècle , on voit qu'ils ne sont que pour un petit nombre d'élus , et que le petit peuple n'y participe jamais . ' But , for us , it is not the smallness ...
Pagina 27
... wrote greater books ; but as a personality he has had , and is long likely to have , few rivals . English literature possesses many writers more original ; but no more original character . Johnson remains what the French call ...
... wrote greater books ; but as a personality he has had , and is long likely to have , few rivals . English literature possesses many writers more original ; but no more original character . Johnson remains what the French call ...
Pagina 29
... 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 , even when he demands ( how ...
... 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 , even when he demands ( how ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
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