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Pagina 5
... literary reconstruction . Whatever revolution in faith and manners the English nation had undergone had been the work of the two preceding cen- turies , and , though the historic foundations of society remained untouched , the whole ...
... literary reconstruction . Whatever revolution in faith and manners the English nation had undergone had been the work of the two preceding cen- turies , and , though the historic foundations of society remained untouched , the whole ...
Pagina 11
... literary tastes . To convert and to corrupt those of his subjects who immediately surrounded him was an easy matter . " All by the king's example lived and loved . " Poets , painters , and actors were forward to promote principles ...
... literary tastes . To convert and to corrupt those of his subjects who immediately surrounded him was an easy matter . " All by the king's example lived and loved . " Poets , painters , and actors were forward to promote principles ...
Pagina 12
... literary forms which the Court favoured were of the romantic order , but it was romance from which beauty and vitality had utterly disappeared . Of the two great principles of ancient chivalry , Love and Honour , the last notes of which ...
... literary forms which the Court favoured were of the romantic order , but it was romance from which beauty and vitality had utterly disappeared . Of the two great principles of ancient chivalry , Love and Honour , the last notes of which ...
Pagina 18
... literary garbage of the Restoration period in favour of the refined sobriety which characterises the writers of Queen Anne's reign . But , in fact , the spread of the in- fection was confined within certain well - marked limits . The ...
... literary garbage of the Restoration period in favour of the refined sobriety which characterises the writers of Queen Anne's reign . But , in fact , the spread of the in- fection was confined within certain well - marked limits . The ...
Pagina 19
... literary excesses of the courtiers . Among this class , unrepresented at present in the world of letters , except perhaps by antiquarians like Selden , the foundations of sound taste were being silently laid . The readers of the nation ...
... literary excesses of the courtiers . Among this class , unrepresented at present in the world of letters , except perhaps by antiquarians like Selden , the foundations of sound taste were being silently laid . The readers of the nation ...
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