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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... speak generally : it cannot be denied that short speeches and replies are more apt to move the passions and beget concernment in us , than the other ; for it is unnatural for any one in a gust of passion to speak long together , or for ...
... speak generally : it cannot be denied that short speeches and replies are more apt to move the passions and beget concernment in us , than the other ; for it is unnatural for any one in a gust of passion to speak long together , or for ...
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... speak of the play , to 40 give us a character of the author ; and tell us frankly your opinion , whether you do not think all writers , both French and English , ought to give place to him . " " I fear , " replied Neander , " that in ...
... speak of the play , to 40 give us a character of the author ; and tell us frankly your opinion , whether you do not think all writers , both French and English , ought to give place to him . " " I fear , " replied Neander , " that in ...
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... speak from observation , not from authority ; but I speak from the experience I have had in a pretty extensive and mixed communication with the inhabitants of this kingdom , of all descriptions and ranks , and after a course of ...
... speak from observation , not from authority ; but I speak from the experience I have had in a pretty extensive and mixed communication with the inhabitants of this kingdom , of all descriptions and ranks , and after a course of ...
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