Eighteenth-century English LiteratureGeoffrey Tillotson, Paul Fussell, Marshall Waingrow A survey of prose, poetry, and drama from the Restoration to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Treats major authors in depth but also includes lesser but important writers to give a completer picture of the century. |
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... thing ; and seeking , in every thing , what justly may be laugh'd at . For nothing is ridic- ulous , except what is deform'd : Nor is any thing proof against Raillery , except what is handsom and just . And therefore ' tis the hardest thing ...
... thing ; and seeking , in every thing , what justly may be laugh'd at . For nothing is ridic- ulous , except what is deform'd : Nor is any thing proof against Raillery , except what is handsom and just . And therefore ' tis the hardest thing ...
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... thing in the Body of Poetry , as Spirit is in the Human Body . For without Spirit the Body languishes , and the Soul is impotent : Now every thing that they call Spirit or Genius in Poetry , in short , every thing that pleases , and ...
... thing in the Body of Poetry , as Spirit is in the Human Body . For without Spirit the Body languishes , and the Soul is impotent : Now every thing that they call Spirit or Genius in Poetry , in short , every thing that pleases , and ...
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Geoffrey Tillotson, Paul Fussell, Marshall Waingrow. [ MY PEGGY IS A YOUNG THING ] MY Peggy is a young thing , Just enter'd in her Teens , Fair as the Day , and sweet as May , Fair as the Day , and always gay . My Peggy is a young thing ...
Geoffrey Tillotson, Paul Fussell, Marshall Waingrow. [ MY PEGGY IS A YOUNG THING ] MY Peggy is a young thing , Just enter'd in her Teens , Fair as the Day , and sweet as May , Fair as the Day , and always gay . My Peggy is a young thing ...
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