The Life of Joseph AddisonThere has never been a full biography of Joseph Addison, and this book is an attempt to provide one. Addison was the most admired literary figure in the England of his day; and after his death his writings influenced the development of English society and manners to an extent exceeded only by the Bible. The secret of this persuasive power lay as much in his personal qualities and principles of conduct as in the charm and elegance of the writing in which they found expression. -- From publisher's description. |
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... Spectator had a missionary purpose ; it sought to expose and reform , to instruct and polish ; but its form and purposes had been thought out with greater care and precision . Addison recognized that humour was an indispensable ...
... Spectator had a missionary purpose ; it sought to expose and reform , to instruct and polish ; but its form and purposes had been thought out with greater care and precision . Addison recognized that humour was an indispensable ...
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... Spectator on the usefulness of belief in a supreme Being , and published his verse translation of the twenty - third psalm . But these journalistic reveries were rudely interrupted by the Government on 1 August , when a stamp duty of a ...
... Spectator on the usefulness of belief in a supreme Being , and published his verse translation of the twenty - third psalm . But these journalistic reveries were rudely interrupted by the Government on 1 August , when a stamp duty of a ...
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... Spectator would bring him : ' Why did he prefer Gain to Glory ? Why chuse to be an idle Spectator rather than a Celebrator of those Actions he well knows how to design and adorn ? ' 2 But the overwhelming approval of the British public ...
... Spectator would bring him : ' Why did he prefer Gain to Glory ? Why chuse to be an idle Spectator rather than a Celebrator of those Actions he well knows how to design and adorn ? ' 2 But the overwhelming approval of the British public ...
Contents
AN OXFORD CAREER 16871699 II | 11 |
A GRAND TOUR 16991703 | 45 |
THE COCKPIT 17041708 | 91 |
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