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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... writing ; but , as Macaulay observed , ' he was not so far behind our genera- tion as he was before his own ' . Addison's criticism was by no means confined to litera- ture ; indeed his literary analysis was the elaboration of the ...
... writing ; but , as Macaulay observed , ' he was not so far behind our genera- tion as he was before his own ' . Addison's criticism was by no means confined to litera- ture ; indeed his literary analysis was the elaboration of the ...
Strana 347
... writing , perhaps as a reflex of his own secretive nature . But these faults , and others which scholars have been at pains to dis- cover , were small matters . The virtue of his prose writing was that it was easily familiar . As ...
... writing , perhaps as a reflex of his own secretive nature . But these faults , and others which scholars have been at pains to dis- cover , were small matters . The virtue of his prose writing was that it was easily familiar . As ...
Strana 411
... writing letters on his behalf and with his instructions . His illness was evidently of short duration for he was at the Cabinet on 9 June2 and was at court again on 14 June presenting an address3 and introduc- ing the Venetian secretary ...
... writing letters on his behalf and with his instructions . His illness was evidently of short duration for he was at the Cabinet on 9 June2 and was at court again on 14 June presenting an address3 and introduc- ing the Venetian secretary ...
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