Kings and Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth Century EnglandVintage Books, 1942 - 298 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... better art but a poorer stimulus for art . The dance of life nar- rowed down to a faultless execution of the minuet . With no real depth of purpose Addison wrote much impeccable prose , Pope much impeccable verse . In them we find the ...
... better art but a poorer stimulus for art . The dance of life nar- rowed down to a faultless execution of the minuet . With no real depth of purpose Addison wrote much impeccable prose , Pope much impeccable verse . In them we find the ...
Sivu 119
... better adorned by literature , better revealed , or more harshly castigated . To create the modern essay and the modern novel and - in the very business of creating them -produce masterpieces in their kind ; to achieve master- pieces of ...
... better adorned by literature , better revealed , or more harshly castigated . To create the modern essay and the modern novel and - in the very business of creating them -produce masterpieces in their kind ; to achieve master- pieces of ...
Sivu 126
... better qualities : affection and crooked loyalty towards his friends , playfulness , a charming social self , and - cramped in between the soiled gallantries and the shrill hates — an instinct for Mozartean grace . These do not redeem ...
... better qualities : affection and crooked loyalty towards his friends , playfulness , a charming social self , and - cramped in between the soiled gallantries and the shrill hates — an instinct for Mozartean grace . These do not redeem ...
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