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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... prince , and to inquire why he so often retired from the pleasures of the palace , to loneliness and silence . " I fly from pleasure , " said the prince , " because pleasure has ceased to please ; I am lonely because I am miserable ...
... prince , and to inquire why he so often retired from the pleasures of the palace , to loneliness and silence . " I fly from pleasure , " said the prince , " because pleasure has ceased to please ; I am lonely because I am miserable ...
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... prince . " I am im- patient to see what thou hast seen ; and since thou art thyself weary of the valley , it is evident that thy former state was better than this . Whatever be the consequence of my experiment , I am resolved to judge ...
... prince . " I am im- patient to see what thou hast seen ; and since thou art thyself weary of the valley , it is evident that thy former state was better than this . Whatever be the consequence of my experiment , I am resolved to judge ...
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... prince , there was not one who did not dread the moment when solitude should deliver him to the tyr- anny of reflection . " " This , " said the prince , " may be true of others , since it is true of me ; yet , whatever be the general ...
... prince , there was not one who did not dread the moment when solitude should deliver him to the tyr- anny of reflection . " " This , " said the prince , " may be true of others , since it is true of me ; yet , whatever be the general ...
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