Dorothy Osborne: Letters to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 : Observations on Love, Literature, Politics, and ReligionAshgate, 2002 - 348 sider This title was first published in 2002: As attested to by scholars from Macaulay via Virginia Woolf to more recent critics, the letters of Dorothy Osborne (b. 1627) are not only the most elegant, but are also the most consistently readable in the language. In this revised and updated edition of her letters to the man whom she would propose and later marry, Kenneth Parker presents, along with transcriptions of the letters themselves, their publication history, and an in-depth exploration of the political, social, literary and critical contexts surrounding them. Osborne's letters offer astonishingly sharp-sighted comments on political and cultural events of her time. As told by Parker, the story of their creation, transmission and preservation offers a fascinating insight into the mind of a remarkable woman whose actions provide revealing insights into, and materials for, the study of the politics of culture in one of the key moments of transformation in England. |
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... Earnest to have it , for though the poor fellow made what hast hee could to unty his bag , I did nothing but chide him for being soe slow . At last I had it , and in Earnest I know not whither an intire diamond of the bignesse on't ...
... Earnest to have it , for though the poor fellow made what hast hee could to unty his bag , I did nothing but chide him for being soe slow . At last I had it , and in Earnest I know not whither an intire diamond of the bignesse on't ...
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... Earnest the want of Examples to bring for the Contreary puzled mee a litle , soe that I was faine to bring out these Pittifull Verses of my Lord Biron3 to his wife , which was soe poore as Agument that I was e'en ashamed on't my self ...
... Earnest the want of Examples to bring for the Contreary puzled mee a litle , soe that I was faine to bring out these Pittifull Verses of my Lord Biron3 to his wife , which was soe poore as Agument that I was e'en ashamed on't my self ...
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... Earnest I shall bee good for nothing if I doe ; wee goe abroade all day and Play all night and say our Prayers when wee have time ; well in sober Earnest now I would not live thus a twelve month to gaine all that the K.1 has lost ...
... Earnest I shall bee good for nothing if I doe ; wee goe abroade all day and Play all night and say our Prayers when wee have time ; well in sober Earnest now I would not live thus a twelve month to gaine all that the K.1 has lost ...
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