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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... scene of great passion and concernment , as to pass to another of mirth and humour , and to enjoy it with any relish : but why should he imagine the soul of man more heavy than his senses ? Does not the eye pass from an unpleasant ...
... scene of great passion and concernment , as to pass to another of mirth and humour , and to enjoy it with any relish : but why should he imagine the soul of man more heavy than his senses ? Does not the eye pass from an unpleasant ...
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... scene were interrupted , and the stage cleared for the persons to enter in another place ; and therefore the French poets are often forced upon absurdities ; for if the act begins in a chamber , all the persons in the play must have ...
... scene were interrupted , and the stage cleared for the persons to enter in another place ; and therefore the French poets are often forced upon absurdities ; for if the act begins in a chamber , all the persons in the play must have ...
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... scene , And he , the wretch of Thebes , no more appeared . O Fear , I know thee by my throbbing heart ; Thy withering power inspired each mournful line ; Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part , Yet all the thunders of the scene are ...
... scene , And he , the wretch of Thebes , no more appeared . O Fear , I know thee by my throbbing heart ; Thy withering power inspired each mournful line ; Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part , Yet all the thunders of the scene are ...
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