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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... letters . Before that date the only avail- able text of the correspondence was that of Henry Bohn which appeared in 1854-6 . The surviving letters though considerable in number are lacking in material of direct 1 Spectator , No. 562 . 2 ...
... letters . Before that date the only avail- able text of the correspondence was that of Henry Bohn which appeared in 1854-6 . The surviving letters though considerable in number are lacking in material of direct 1 Spectator , No. 562 . 2 ...
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... letters in informal terms addressed to men of wit and culture hold- ing official positions , there is no hint that he was engaged upon a major operatic experiment . Yet in the few surviving letters upon literary topics there is hardly a ...
... letters in informal terms addressed to men of wit and culture hold- ing official positions , there is no hint that he was engaged upon a major operatic experiment . Yet in the few surviving letters upon literary topics there is hardly a ...
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... letters to the young earl , now aged eleven . These are enigmatic documents . Far from being jottings of a man who had worked until his eyesight broke down , who suffered from rheumatism or gout , who carried the major administrative ...
... letters to the young earl , now aged eleven . These are enigmatic documents . Far from being jottings of a man who had worked until his eyesight broke down , who suffered from rheumatism or gout , who carried the major administrative ...
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AN OXFORD CAREER 16871699 II | 11 |
A GRAND TOUR 16991703 | 45 |
THE COCKPIT 17041708 | 91 |
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