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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... believe there is a great matter in the breed of men and women - not that wise men shall always get wise children , but I believe strong and healthy bodies have the wisest chil- dren , and sickly , weakly bodies affect the wits as well ...
... believe there is a great matter in the breed of men and women - not that wise men shall always get wise children , but I believe strong and healthy bodies have the wisest chil- dren , and sickly , weakly bodies affect the wits as well ...
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... believe a God . But if he argued , as some have done , upon a mistaken principle , that an officer who is guilty of speaking blasphemy , may some time or other proceed so far as to raise a mutiny , the consequence is by no means to be ...
... believe a God . But if he argued , as some have done , upon a mistaken principle , that an officer who is guilty of speaking blasphemy , may some time or other proceed so far as to raise a mutiny , the consequence is by no means to be ...
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... believe me , Mr. Rigmarole , believe me , a woman with a butt of sack at her elbow , is never 30 long - lived . Sir John's death afflicted me to such a degree , that I sincerely believe , to drown sorrow , I drank more liquor myself ...
... believe me , Mr. Rigmarole , believe me , a woman with a butt of sack at her elbow , is never 30 long - lived . Sir John's death afflicted me to such a degree , that I sincerely believe , to drown sorrow , I drank more liquor myself ...
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