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Selections From The Spectator Of Addison And Steele
""Selections From The Spectator Of Addison And Steele"" is a book that was first published in 1896. It is a collection of essays written by two of the most prominent writers of the 18th century, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. The essays were originally published in a daily newspaper called ""The Spectator"" which was founded by Addison and Steele in 1711.The book contains a selection of the essays that were published in ""The Spectator"" between 1711 and 1714. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including politics, literature, society, and morality. They are written in a witty and engaging style that was popular in the 18th century.The book is divided into several sections, each of which focuses on a different theme. For example, there are sections on friendship, love, and marriage, as well as sections on religion and philosophy. Each section contains several essays that explore the theme in depth.Overall, ""Selections From The Spectator Of Addison And Steele"" is a fascinating glimpse into the world of 18th century England. It is a must-read for anyone interested in literature, history, or culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
440 pages, Paperback
First published November 21, 2009
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April 2, 2021
I wanted to see why these olden essays enjoy such a good reputation.
The numbers I read dealt with issues like the distinction between real and representation, which had this good writerly advice: Scenes, which are designed as the Representations of Nature, should be filled with Resemblances, and not with the Things themselves.
Some other nice contrasts:
Reputation of Wit and Sense, rather than Honesty and Virtue
A wise Man is not always a good Man
The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practise it.
Not seem to be the Want of a good Taste, but of Common Sense
And telling insights:
Man of more Goodnature than Understanding thinks himself obliged to fall in with all the Passions and Humours of his Yoke-fellow
preserve my Children from these little Horrours of Imagination that we imbibed at a Time that we were not able to judge of their Absurdity.
Unfortunately, the clarity of thought is obscured by the different touchstones of erudition, little science then, little Greek and Latin now.
I obtained this from Project Gutenberg and expect I'll dip into it a few more times.
The numbers I read dealt with issues like the distinction between real and representation, which had this good writerly advice: Scenes, which are designed as the Representations of Nature, should be filled with Resemblances, and not with the Things themselves.
Some other nice contrasts:
Reputation of Wit and Sense, rather than Honesty and Virtue
A wise Man is not always a good Man
The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practise it.
Not seem to be the Want of a good Taste, but of Common Sense
And telling insights:
Man of more Goodnature than Understanding thinks himself obliged to fall in with all the Passions and Humours of his Yoke-fellow
preserve my Children from these little Horrours of Imagination that we imbibed at a Time that we were not able to judge of their Absurdity.
Unfortunately, the clarity of thought is obscured by the different touchstones of erudition, little science then, little Greek and Latin now.
I obtained this from Project Gutenberg and expect I'll dip into it a few more times.
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