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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... written , but because it takes . Several of them lay it down as a Maxim , That whatever Dramatick Perfor- mance has a long Run , must of Necessity be good for nothing ; as though the first Precept in Poetry were not to please ... this ...
... written , but because it takes . Several of them lay it down as a Maxim , That whatever Dramatick Perfor- mance has a long Run , must of Necessity be good for nothing ; as though the first Precept in Poetry were not to please ... this ...
Strana 331
... written not later than this year . The matter certainly received some attention at this time for it was in 1715 that Curll published Addison's paper on the ' Error in Distributing Modern Medals ' at the end of the Knowledge of Medals ...
... written not later than this year . The matter certainly received some attention at this time for it was in 1715 that Curll published Addison's paper on the ' Error in Distributing Modern Medals ' at the end of the Knowledge of Medals ...
Strana 433
... writing in the previous year An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon which had run through five editions and had been serviceable to the Government . But the present piece was a verse prologue written by command of ...
... writing in the previous year An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon which had run through five editions and had been serviceable to the Government . But the present piece was a verse prologue written by command of ...
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