AddisonGood Press, 13 dec 2019 - 282 pagina's "Addison" by William John Courthope Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. Though he's often overlooked compared to other figures in English history, he was seminal in shaping the way society evolved. Courthope honors his life and memory in this concise but comprehensive biography. |
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... king if he wished it ; such a man , though to the coarse perception of Mandeville he might have seemed no more than “ a parson in a tye - wig , " can hardly have been deficient in force of character . Nor would it have been possible for ...
... king if he wished it ; such a man , though to the coarse perception of Mandeville he might have seemed no more than “ a parson in a tye - wig , " can hardly have been deficient in force of character . Nor would it have been possible for ...
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... king had been beheaded, another had been expelled; the Episcopalian form of Church Government had been violently displaced in favour of the Presbyterian, and had been with almost equal violence restored. Whole classes of the population ...
... king had been beheaded, another had been expelled; the Episcopalian form of Church Government had been violently displaced in favour of the Presbyterian, and had been with almost equal violence restored. Whole classes of the population ...
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... king's example lived and loved.” Poets, painters, and actors were forward to promote principles viewed with favour by their sovereign and not at all disagreeable to themselves. An ingenious philosopher elevated Absolutism into an ...
... king's example lived and loved.” Poets, painters, and actors were forward to promote principles viewed with favour by their sovereign and not at all disagreeable to themselves. An ingenious philosopher elevated Absolutism into an ...
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... king himself, the presumed mirror of good taste, was notoriously under the control of his numerous mistresses; and the highest notion of love which he could conceive was gallantry. French romances were therefore generally in vogue. All ...
... king himself, the presumed mirror of good taste, was notoriously under the control of his numerous mistresses; and the highest notion of love which he could conceive was gallantry. French romances were therefore generally in vogue. All ...
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