AddisonMacmillan, 1884 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... by society itself . Macaulay's eulogy is as just as it is eloquent , but the pages of the Spectator alone will hardly show the reader 1 why Addison should be so highly praised for having reconciled I. ] 3 LETTERS AFTER THE RESTORATION .
... by society itself . Macaulay's eulogy is as just as it is eloquent , but the pages of the Spectator alone will hardly show the reader 1 why Addison should be so highly praised for having reconciled I. ] 3 LETTERS AFTER THE RESTORATION .
Pagina 16
... reader finds neither the horseplay of Aristophanes , nor the nature of Terence , nor the poetry of Shakespeare ; in which there is not a single character that arouses interest , or a situation that spontaneously provokes laughter ; in ...
... reader finds neither the horseplay of Aristophanes , nor the nature of Terence , nor the poetry of Shakespeare ; in which there is not a single character that arouses interest , or a situation that spontaneously provokes laughter ; in ...
Pagina 19
... readers of the nation had hitherto been almost limited to the nobility . Books were generally published by subscription , and were dependent for their success on the favour with which they were received by the courtiers . But , after ...
... readers of the nation had hitherto been almost limited to the nobility . Books were generally published by subscription , and were dependent for their success on the favour with which they were received by the courtiers . But , after ...
Pagina 20
... reader may be enabled to judge of the distracted state of society , both in politics and taste , in the reign of Charles II . On the one side , the Monarchical element in the Constitution was repre- sented by the Court Party , flushed ...
... reader may be enabled to judge of the distracted state of society , both in politics and taste , in the reign of Charles II . On the one side , the Monarchical element in the Constitution was repre- sented by the Court Party , flushed ...
Pagina 23
... the orthodox Eng- lish reader of that day . Recollections of the Protectorate would have taken nothing of its vividness from the por- trait of the Moorish priest who " began to grow CHAP . II . ] 23 FAMILY AND EDUCATION .
... the orthodox Eng- lish reader of that day . Recollections of the Protectorate would have taken nothing of its vividness from the por- trait of the Moorish priest who " began to grow CHAP . II . ] 23 FAMILY AND EDUCATION .
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