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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... ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the Reformation , had so familiarised the minds of the people with their ideas of the Christian religion that the Sovereign was able to assume the Headship of ...
... ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the Reformation , had so familiarised the minds of the people with their ideas of the Christian religion that the Sovereign was able to assume the Headship of ...
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... ideas of Feudalism, modified by circumstances, but vigorous and deep-rooted, still prevailed. True, the military system of land-tenure had disappeared with the Restoration, but it was not so with the relations of life, and the habits of ...
... ideas of Feudalism, modified by circumstances, but vigorous and deep-rooted, still prevailed. True, the military system of land-tenure had disappeared with the Restoration, but it was not so with the relations of life, and the habits of ...
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... ideas by the difficulties of communication . During his visit to Sir Roger de Coverley the Spectator observed the extreme slowness with which fashions penetrated into the country ; and he noticed , too , that party spirit was much more ...
... ideas by the difficulties of communication . During his visit to Sir Roger de Coverley the Spectator observed the extreme slowness with which fashions penetrated into the country ; and he noticed , too , that party spirit was much more ...
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... ideas of the man in the mode after the Restoration are excellently hit off in one of the fictitious letters in the Spectator: “I am now between fifty and sixty, and had the honour to be well with the first men of taste and gallantry in ...
... ideas of the man in the mode after the Restoration are excellently hit off in one of the fictitious letters in the Spectator: “I am now between fifty and sixty, and had the honour to be well with the first men of taste and gallantry in ...
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