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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Pagina 131
... true and natural source of poetry may be discovered by observ- ing to what god this inspiration was ascribed by the ancients , which was Apollo , or the Sun , esteemed among them the god of learning in general , but more particularly of ...
... true and natural source of poetry may be discovered by observ- ing to what god this inspiration was ascribed by the ancients , which was Apollo , or the Sun , esteemed among them the god of learning in general , but more particularly of ...
Pagina 136
... True History . But the most ancient that passes by the name is Heliodorus , famous for the author's choosing to lose his bishopric rather than disown that child of his wit . The true spirit or vein of ancient poetry in this kind seems ...
... True History . But the most ancient that passes by the name is Heliodorus , famous for the author's choosing to lose his bishopric rather than disown that child of his wit . The true spirit or vein of ancient poetry in this kind seems ...
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... true ; as true as mathematical demon- stration ; 11 but known to be true only to those who study these things . But besides real , there is also ap- parent truth , or opinion , or prejudice . With regard to real truth , when it is known ...
... true ; as true as mathematical demon- stration ; 11 but known to be true only to those who study these things . But besides real , there is also ap- parent truth , or opinion , or prejudice . With regard to real truth , when it is known ...
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SAMUEL BUTLER | 1 |
A Bumpkin or CountrySquire | 11 |
JOHN WILMOT EARL OF ROCHESTER | 31 |
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