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Pagina 3
... says Johnson- at the end of a biography strongly coloured with the prepossessions of a semi - Jacobite Tory- " whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not ostentatious , must give his days ...
... says Johnson- at the end of a biography strongly coloured with the prepossessions of a semi - Jacobite Tory- " whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not ostentatious , must give his days ...
Pagina 10
... asceticism to which monks and nuns had voluntarily submitted themselves . The most innocent as well as the most brutal diversions of the people were sacrificed to his spiritual pride . As Macaulay well says 10 [ СНАР . ADDISON .
... asceticism to which monks and nuns had voluntarily submitted themselves . The most innocent as well as the most brutal diversions of the people were sacrificed to his spiritual pride . As Macaulay well says 10 [ СНАР . ADDISON .
Pagina 11
William John Courthope. sacrificed to his spiritual pride . As Macaulay well says , he hated bear - baiting , not because it gave pain to the bear , but because it gave pleasure to the spectator . The tendency of his creed was , in fact ...
William John Courthope. sacrificed to his spiritual pride . As Macaulay well says , he hated bear - baiting , not because it gave pain to the bear , but because it gave pleasure to the spectator . The tendency of his creed was , in fact ...
Pagina 15
... says of them : - " They are a world of themselves almost as much as fairy- land . Take one of their characters , male or female ( with few exceptions they are alike ) , and place it in a modern play , and my virtuous indignation shall ...
... says of them : - " They are a world of themselves almost as much as fairy- land . Take one of their characters , male or female ( with few exceptions they are alike ) , and place it in a modern play , and my virtuous indignation shall ...
Pagina 16
... that of Fopling . He says of one of his companions that a good correspondence between them is their mutual interest . Speaking of that friend , he declares , their being much together ' makes the women think the 16 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
... that of Fopling . He says of one of his companions that a good correspondence between them is their mutual interest . Speaking of that friend , he declares , their being much together ' makes the women think the 16 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
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