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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... tell what subtlest parrots mean , That speak and think contrary clean ; What member ' tis of whom they talk When they cry " Rope , " and " Walk , knave , walk . " 550 He'd extract numbers out of matter , And keep them in a glass , like ...
... tell what subtlest parrots mean , That speak and think contrary clean ; What member ' tis of whom they talk When they cry " Rope , " and " Walk , knave , walk . " 550 He'd extract numbers out of matter , And keep them in a glass , like ...
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... Tell me , ye jovial sailors , tell me true , If my sweet William sails among the crew . " William , who high upon the yard Rocked with the billow to and fro , Soon as her well - known voice he heard , He sighed and cast his eyes below ...
... Tell me , ye jovial sailors , tell me true , If my sweet William sails among the crew . " William , who high upon the yard Rocked with the billow to and fro , Soon as her well - known voice he heard , He sighed and cast his eyes below ...
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... tell Thee who I am , My misery or sin declare ; Thyself hast called me by my name ; Look on Thy hands , and read it there ! But who , I ask Thee , who art Thou ? Tell me Thy name , and tell me now ! In vain Thou strugglest to get free ...
... tell Thee who I am , My misery or sin declare ; Thyself hast called me by my name ; Look on Thy hands , and read it there ! But who , I ask Thee , who art Thou ? Tell me Thy name , and tell me now ! In vain Thou strugglest to get free ...
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