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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... matters of human conduct . The opera , now succeeding under Handel's direction , gave him , as he thought , opportunities for attack- ing those false qualities which he had tried to reveal by contrast of example in Rosamond.3 The list ...
... matters of human conduct . The opera , now succeeding under Handel's direction , gave him , as he thought , opportunities for attack- ing those false qualities which he had tried to reveal by contrast of example in Rosamond.3 The list ...
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... matter of Gulston's estate finally laid to rest . George Morton Pitt , no longer a minor and now able to come to terms with Gulston's trustees and the various other estates concerned , himself went to Madras to conclude matters ...
... matter of Gulston's estate finally laid to rest . George Morton Pitt , no longer a minor and now able to come to terms with Gulston's trustees and the various other estates concerned , himself went to Madras to conclude matters ...
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... matter engaging the attention of the Cabinet was the situation in the University of Oxford , which con- tinued most ... matters within his province , and was taking their advice thereupon . He scribbled the decisions given by the ...
... matter engaging the attention of the Cabinet was the situation in the University of Oxford , which con- tinued most ... matters within his province , and was taking their advice thereupon . He scribbled the decisions given by the ...
Contents
AN OXFORD CAREER 16871699 II | 11 |
A GRAND TOUR 16991703 | 45 |
THE COCKPIT 17041708 | 91 |
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