AddisonMacmillan, 1919 - 197 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... taste , and breeding , are operations of which the credit , though it is certainly to be ascribed to particular individuals , is generally absorbed by society itself . Macaulay's eulogy is as just as it is eloquent , but the pages of ...
... taste , and breeding , are operations of which the credit , though it is certainly to be ascribed to particular individuals , is generally absorbed by society itself . Macaulay's eulogy is as just as it is eloquent , but the pages of ...
Pagina 4
... taste of the preceding generation still influenced Addison's contemporaries , and that in that generation Cowley was accounted a greater poet than Milton . To estimate Addison at his real value we must regard him as the chief architect ...
... taste of the preceding generation still influenced Addison's contemporaries , and that in that generation Cowley was accounted a greater poet than Milton . To estimate Addison at his real value we must regard him as the chief architect ...
Pagina 10
... taste which we now attach to the name of " gentle- man . " Two main currents of opinion divided the country , to one of which a man was obliged to surrender himself if he wished to enjoy the pleasures of organised society . One of these ...
... taste which we now attach to the name of " gentle- man . " Two main currents of opinion divided the country , to one of which a man was obliged to surrender himself if he wished to enjoy the pleasures of organised society . One of these ...
Pagina 12
... taste and gallantry in the joyous reign of Charles the Second . As for yourself , Mr. Spectator , you seem with the utmost arrogance to undermine the very fundamentals upon which we conducted ourselves . It is monstrous to set up for a ...
... taste and gallantry in the joyous reign of Charles the Second . As for yourself , Mr. Spectator , you seem with the utmost arrogance to undermine the very fundamentals upon which we conducted ourselves . It is monstrous to set up for a ...
Pagina 13
... 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 the casuistry of love which had been ...
... 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 the casuistry of love which had been ...
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