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 , or deluded , or ( least probably ) lying , remains still obscure . * This great work ( begun 1746 ) is exhaustively treated in J. H. Sledd and G. J. Kolb , Dr Johnson's Dictionary ( 1955 ) . See especially Chapter 3 , on the ...
... truth , or deluded , or ( least probably ) lying , remains still obscure . * This great work ( begun 1746 ) is exhaustively treated in J. H. Sledd and G. J. Kolb , Dr Johnson's Dictionary ( 1955 ) . See especially Chapter 3 , on the ...
Pagina 48
... truth . ' Dear Madam , What you have done , however I may lament it , I have no pretence to resent , as it has not been injurious to me .... ' Then follows his famous and pathetic comparison of himself to the Archbishop of St Andrew's ...
... truth . ' Dear Madam , What you have done , however I may lament it , I have no pretence to resent , as it has not been injurious to me .... ' Then follows his famous and pathetic comparison of himself to the Archbishop of St Andrew's ...
Pagina 52
... truth one can tell in detail , only to reach a general verdict that seems wildly false . But perhaps the most vivid witness for the Devil's Advocate would be Macaulay , with his brilliant , journalistic flair for bizarre , yet typical ...
... truth one can tell in detail , only to reach a general verdict that seems wildly false . But perhaps the most vivid witness for the Devil's Advocate would be Macaulay , with his brilliant , journalistic flair for bizarre , yet typical ...
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