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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... things past and things conceived ; and so the ques- tion is only this : whether things that have place in the imagination , may not as properly be said to exist , as those that are seated in the memory , which may be justly held in the ...
... things past and things conceived ; and so the ques- tion is only this : whether things that have place in the imagination , may not as properly be said to exist , as those that are seated in the memory , which may be justly held in the ...
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... things with the highest perfection of goodness , as well as of wisdom and power , must necessarily believe virtue to be naturally good and advan- tageous . For what could more strongly imply an unjust ordinance , a blot and imperfection ...
... things with the highest perfection of goodness , as well as of wisdom and power , must necessarily believe virtue to be naturally good and advan- tageous . For what could more strongly imply an unjust ordinance , a blot and imperfection ...
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... things Give colour , strength , and motion . But the love Of Nature and the Muses bids explore , Through secret paths erewhile untrod by man , The fair poetic region , to detect Untasted springs , to drink inspiring draughts , And shade ...
... things Give colour , strength , and motion . But the love Of Nature and the Muses bids explore , Through secret paths erewhile untrod by man , The fair poetic region , to detect Untasted springs , to drink inspiring draughts , And shade ...
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