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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... mean that defense of myself to which every honest man is bound , when he is injuriously attacked in print ; and I refer myself to the judgment of those who have read the Answer to the Defense of the late King's Papers , and that of the ...
... mean that defense of myself to which every honest man is bound , when he is injuriously attacked in print ; and I refer myself to the judgment of those who have read the Answer to the Defense of the late King's Papers , and that of the ...
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... mean to wake the gloomy form Of Superstition dressed in Wisdom's garb , To damp your tender hopes ; I do not mean To bid the jealous thunderer fire the heavens , Or shapes infernal rend the groaning earth To fright you from your joys ...
... mean to wake the gloomy form Of Superstition dressed in Wisdom's garb , To damp your tender hopes ; I do not mean To bid the jealous thunderer fire the heavens , Or shapes infernal rend the groaning earth To fright you from your joys ...
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... mean we by genius , but the power of accomplishing great things without the means generally reputed necessary to that end ? A genius differs from a good understanding as a ma- gician from a good architect : that raises his structure by ...
... mean we by genius , but the power of accomplishing great things without the means generally reputed necessary to that end ? A genius differs from a good understanding as a ma- gician from a good architect : that raises his structure by ...
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