An estimate of the manners and principles of the times and other writings / / John Brown ; edited and with an introduction by David Womersley.
"John Brown took aim at England's higher ranks, calling out their lifestyle as "vain, luxurious, and selfish effeminacy" in a vigorous attack in his main work, An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757). This volume also includes four other works by Brown, as w...
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| Superior document: | The Thomas Hollis library |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Carmel : : Liberty Fund,, [2019] 2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Thomas Hollis library.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (657 pages). |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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| Other title: | Works. Estimate of the manners and principles of the times. |
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| Summary: | "John Brown took aim at England's higher ranks, calling out their lifestyle as "vain, luxurious, and selfish effeminacy" in a vigorous attack in his main work, An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757). This volume also includes four other works by Brown, as well as a tribute to Brown written by Thomas Hollis and Hollis' annotations in his personal copy of Estimate. The introduction, by David Womersley, places Brown's writings and career in the context of eighteenth-century moralism and his annotations will explain now-unfamiliar words and references to contemporary events, circumstances, and personalities"-- |
| ISBN: | 9780865979093 9780865979109 9781614876595 9781614879299 (ebook) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | John Brown ; edited and with an introduction by David Womersley. |