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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... nature by no means devoid of noble instincts. Johnson was fortunate in the companionship of perhaps the best biographer who ever lived. But of the real life and character of Addison scarcely any contemporary record remains. The formal ...
... nature by no means devoid of noble instincts. Johnson was fortunate in the companionship of perhaps the best biographer who ever lived. But of the real life and character of Addison scarcely any contemporary record remains. The formal ...
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... nature to leave a mark upon its age . Yet such a judgment would certainly be erroneous . Shy and reserved as he was , the unanimous verdict of his most illustrious contemporaries is decisive as to the respect and admiration . which he ...
... nature to leave a mark upon its age . Yet such a judgment would certainly be erroneous . Shy and reserved as he was , the unanimous verdict of his most illustrious contemporaries is decisive as to the respect and admiration . which he ...
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... natural that all the great English writers of the period should be described as in one way or another helping to pull down, or vainly to strengthen, the theological barriers erected by centuries of bigotry against the irresistible tide ...
... natural that all the great English writers of the period should be described as in one way or another helping to pull down, or vainly to strengthen, the theological barriers erected by centuries of bigotry against the irresistible tide ...
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... nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who prepared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimilation of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the ...
... nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who prepared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimilation of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the ...
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... nature of the difficulties Addison had to encounter in his efforts to harmonise public opinion; but a more detailed examination of the state of society after the Restoration is required to place in its full light the extraordinary ...
... nature of the difficulties Addison had to encounter in his efforts to harmonise public opinion; but a more detailed examination of the state of society after the Restoration is required to place in its full light the extraordinary ...
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