An estimate of the manners and principles of the times and other writings / John Brown ; edited and with an introduction by David Womersley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, John, 1715-1766, author.

Contributor:

Womersley, David, editor.

Series:

Thomas Hollis library

The Thomas Hollis library

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times.

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper.

Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times (Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of).

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carmel : Liberty Fund, 2019.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contains:

Brown, John, 1715-1766. Estimate of the manners and principles of the times.

ISBN:

9780865979093

086597909X

9780865979109

0865979103

OCLC:

1081346920