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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... desire of life for virtue's sake cannot be es- teemed so . But if the desire of life be only through the violence of that nat- ural aversion to death , if it be through the love of something else than vir- tuous affection , or through ...
... desire of life for virtue's sake cannot be es- teemed so . But if the desire of life be only through the violence of that nat- ural aversion to death , if it be through the love of something else than vir- tuous affection , or through ...
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... desire . " The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction and knew not what to reply , yet was unwilling to be silent . " Sir , " said he , " if you had seen the miseries of the world you would know how to value your ...
... desire . " The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction and knew not what to reply , yet was unwilling to be silent . " Sir , " said he , " if you had seen the miseries of the world you would know how to value your ...
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... desire will be no longer our torment , and no man shall be wretched but by his own fault . " " This , " said a philosopher who had heard him with tokens of great impa- tience , " is the present condition of a wise man . The time is ...
... desire will be no longer our torment , and no man shall be wretched but by his own fault . " " This , " said a philosopher who had heard him with tokens of great impa- tience , " is the present condition of a wise man . The time is ...
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