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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... consider , that in our con- stitution , according to its true prin- ciples , the King is the head ; he is supreme ; he is above everything , and there is no power by which he can be tried . Therefore , it is , Sir , that we hold the ...
... consider , that in our con- stitution , according to its true prin- ciples , the King is the head ; he is supreme ; he is above everything , and there is no power by which he can be tried . Therefore , it is , Sir , that we hold the ...
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... consider it as the centre of wisdom and piety , to which the best and wis- est men of every land must be con- tinually resorting . " " There are some nations , " said Im- lac , " that send few visitants to Pales- tine ; for many ...
... consider it as the centre of wisdom and piety , to which the best and wis- est men of every land must be con- tinually resorting . " " There are some nations , " said Im- lac , " that send few visitants to Pales- tine ; for many ...
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... consider you , then , as ar- rived at the summit of worldly great- ness ; let us suppose that all your plans of avarice and ambition are accom- plished , and your most sanguine wishes gratified in the fear as well as the hatred of the ...
... consider you , then , as ar- rived at the summit of worldly great- ness ; let us suppose that all your plans of avarice and ambition are accom- plished , and your most sanguine wishes gratified in the fear as well as the hatred of the ...
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