Character Writings of the Seventeenth CenturyGood Press, 4. 12. 2019 - Počet stran: 437 Explore the fascinating world of seventeenth-century England through the lens of its diverse characters, as portrayed in this work that dives into the common archetypes in literature from the era. From courtiers to country gentlemen, pirates to pedants, and everything in between, 'Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century' offers a rich tapestry of insights into the quirks, foibles, and virtues of human nature, as exemplified in their fictional forms. Joseph Hall's satires and characters of virtues and vices, as well as John Stephens' and John Earle's works further illuminate the complexities of the society of the era. |
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... , each with suggestion of the outward body and its dress as well as of the mind within. But Chaucer owed nothing to Theophrastus. In his Character Writing he drew all from nature with his own good wit. La Bruyère in France STUPIDITY.
... , each with suggestion of the outward body and its dress as well as of the mind within. But Chaucer owed nothing to Theophrastus. In his Character Writing he drew all from nature with his own good wit. La Bruyère in France STUPIDITY.
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... Nature went about some full work, she did more than make a man when she made him. His discourse is like his behaviour, uncommon, but not unpleasing; he is prodigal of neither. He strives rather to be that which men call judicious, than ...
... Nature went about some full work, she did more than make a man when she made him. His discourse is like his behaviour, uncommon, but not unpleasing; he is prodigal of neither. He strives rather to be that which men call judicious, than ...
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... nature, he is the steersman of his own destiny. Truth is the goddess, and he takes pains to get her, not to look ... natural element. He doth not contemn Fortune, but not confess her. He is no gamester of the world (which only complain ...
... nature, he is the steersman of his own destiny. Truth is the goddess, and he takes pains to get her, not to look ... natural element. He doth not contemn Fortune, but not confess her. He is no gamester of the world (which only complain ...
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... nature left him. He unlocks maidenheads with his language, and speaks Euphues, not so gracefully as heartily. His discourse makes not his behaviour; but he buys it at court, as countrymen their clothes in Birchin Lane. He is somewhat ...
... nature left him. He unlocks maidenheads with his language, and speaks Euphues, not so gracefully as heartily. His discourse makes not his behaviour; but he buys it at court, as countrymen their clothes in Birchin Lane. He is somewhat ...
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... nature, which makes him sup up a draught of as much air at once as would serve at thrice. He denies nature her due in sleep, and nothing pleaseth him long, but that which pleaseth his own fantasies; they are the consuming evils, and ...
... nature, which makes him sup up a draught of as much air at once as would serve at thrice. He denies nature her due in sleep, and nothing pleaseth him long, but that which pleaseth his own fantasies; they are the consuming evils, and ...
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