AddisonMacmillan, 1919 - 197 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... scarcely any contemporary record remains . The formal narrative prefixed to his works by Tickell is , by that writer's own admission , little more than a bibliography . Steele , who might have told us more than any man about his boyhood ...
... scarcely any contemporary record remains . The formal narrative prefixed to his works by Tickell is , by that writer's own admission , little more than a bibliography . Steele , who might have told us more than any man about his boyhood ...
Pagina 13
... scarcely attempted to conceal his weariness when obliged to attend to affairs of State . He allowed the Dutch fleet to approach his capital and to burn his own ships of war on the Thames ; he sold Dunkirk to the French ; hardly any ...
... scarcely attempted to conceal his weariness when obliged to attend to affairs of State . He allowed the Dutch fleet to approach his capital and to burn his own ships of war on the Thames ; he sold Dunkirk to the French ; hardly any ...
Pagina 18
... scarcely an existence . No standard of female honour restrained the license of wit and debauchery . If the clergy were shocked at the propagation of ideas so contrary to the whole spirit of Christianity , their natural impulse to ...
... scarcely an existence . No standard of female honour restrained the license of wit and debauchery . If the clergy were shocked at the propagation of ideas so contrary to the whole spirit of Christianity , their natural impulse to ...
Pagina 20
... scarcely representative ; they had used the language for their own elevated purposes , without , however , attempt- ing to give it that balanced fineness and subtlety which makes it a fitting instrument for conveying the complex ideas ...
... scarcely representative ; they had used the language for their own elevated purposes , without , however , attempt- ing to give it that balanced fineness and subtlety which makes it a fitting instrument for conveying the complex ideas ...
Pagina 39
... scarcely have been more than forty years of age . Addison's compositions in the Musa Anglicana are eight in number . All of them are distinguished by the ease and flow of the versification , but they are generally wanting in originality ...
... scarcely have been more than forty years of age . Addison's compositions in the Musa Anglicana are eight in number . All of them are distinguished by the ease and flow of the versification , but they are generally wanting in originality ...
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absence of Marlborough Accordingly Boyle acquainted appears Arsinoe battle of Blenheim Behold the glorious bestowed her unreserved blockheads were maintained brate Blenheim Cato celebrating a Ministry Charles II chief place commemorated in adequate compliment Court critic desire any gentleman doubt Dryden Duchess Duchess of Marlborough English genius glorious pile ascending Godolphin applied Halifax always proved Halifax mentioned Addison honour humour Jacob Tonson Jacobite element jealous of Marlborough's King Kit-Kat Club letter literary looks they showed Lord Halifax Lord Treasurer Louis XIV manners Marlborough occupied Marlborough's ascendency morality native charms divinely nature opera opinion ously identified paper perhaps by patriotic person play poem poet to cele poetry political Pope also satirises Queen Roger de Coverley Rosamond satirises the vanity says Sir John Hawkins Sir Roger sleeping potion society Spectator Steele style taste Tatler throne menaced Tickell tion Tory Tory predilec Treasurer assured Halifax whereupon Halifax mentioned Whigs writes