The Life of Joseph AddisonClarendon P., 1968 - Počet stran: 499 There has never been a full biography of Joseph Addison, and this book is an attempt to provide one. Addison was the most admired literary figure in the England of his day; and after his death his writings influenced the development of English society and manners to an extent exceeded only by the Bible. The secret of this persuasive power lay as much in his personal qualities and principles of conduct as in the charm and elegance of the writing in which they found expression. -- From publisher's description. |
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... Pope's poem were those which reflected upon Dennis's critical tantrums . Perhaps he intended to placate Dennis , assuming that Pope would be sufficiently grateful for the praise to overlook the rebuke . But the pontifical air of the ...
... Pope's poem were those which reflected upon Dennis's critical tantrums . Perhaps he intended to placate Dennis , assuming that Pope would be sufficiently grateful for the praise to overlook the rebuke . But the pontifical air of the ...
Strana 316
... Pope's support for the Whig cause , though a recent meeting between the two men arranged by Steele had gone off badly . He now dropped a hint to Jervas , who was also working for a reconciliation , which was duly reported , to the ...
... Pope's support for the Whig cause , though a recent meeting between the two men arranged by Steele had gone off badly . He now dropped a hint to Jervas , who was also working for a reconciliation , which was duly reported , to the ...
Strana 331
... Pope also evidently desired to remain on friendly terms . A product of this desire was the verse prologue to Addison's unpublished ' Dialogues upon Medals . It is likely that Pope saw the manuscript about the time of its sale to Tonson ...
... Pope also evidently desired to remain on friendly terms . A product of this desire was the verse prologue to Addison's unpublished ' Dialogues upon Medals . It is likely that Pope saw the manuscript about the time of its sale to Tonson ...
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