Eighteenth Century Poetry & ProseLouis Ignatius Bredvold Ronald Press Company, 1956 - 1274 pagini The purpose os this volume is to provide representative selections from English prose and poetry of the eighteenth century for undergraduate courses in that period. In this second edition of the anthology the editors have expanded the contents considerably. Additions have been made from Addison, Pope, Swift, Young, Smart, Burke, and Reynolds, with Blake's comments. The extensive notes and introductions should assist the beginning student to understand the texts, but it is hoped that they will also lead him to explore further in the works listed in the bibliographies. |
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... Johnson's triumphing over his pupil David Garrick . When that great actor had played some little time at Goodman's Fields , Johnson and Tay- lor went to see him perform , and afterwards passed the evening at a tavern with him and old ...
... Johnson's triumphing over his pupil David Garrick . When that great actor had played some little time at Goodman's Fields , Johnson and Tay- lor went to see him perform , and afterwards passed the evening at a tavern with him and old ...
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... Johnson , and exclaiming in a bitter tone , " Take it . " When Toplady was going to speak , Johnson uttered some sound , which led Goldsmith to think that he was beginning again , and tak- ing the words from Toplady . Upon which , he ...
... Johnson , and exclaiming in a bitter tone , " Take it . " When Toplady was going to speak , Johnson uttered some sound , which led Goldsmith to think that he was beginning again , and tak- ing the words from Toplady . Upon which , he ...
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... Johnson is perhaps best begun through Boswell ; but a good reader of Boswell is sure to look into the writings of Johnson , and , looking in , to find that this is the same Johnson as in Boswell . There is more formality of manner , but ...
... Johnson is perhaps best begun through Boswell ; but a good reader of Boswell is sure to look into the writings of Johnson , and , looking in , to find that this is the same Johnson as in Boswell . There is more formality of manner , but ...
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