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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... soon dejected , and too soon elate . Sudden , these honours shall be snatched away , And cursed forever this victorious day . For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crowned , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round ; On ...
... soon dejected , and too soon elate . Sudden , these honours shall be snatched away , And cursed forever this victorious day . For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crowned , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round ; On ...
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... soon brought her back again to mis- erable refinement . She once praised the painting of the box in which we were sitting , but was soon convinced that such paltry pieces ought rather to excite horror than satisfaction ; she ventured ...
... soon brought her back again to mis- erable refinement . She once praised the painting of the box in which we were sitting , but was soon convinced that such paltry pieces ought rather to excite horror than satisfaction ; she ventured ...
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... soon , ah soon rebellion will commence , If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms , lo ! giant Handel stands , Like bold Briareus , with a hundred hands ; To stir , to rouse , to shake the soul he comes , And Jove's ...
... soon , ah soon rebellion will commence , If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms , lo ! giant Handel stands , Like bold Briareus , with a hundred hands ; To stir , to rouse , to shake the soul he comes , And Jove's ...
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