A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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... Samuel Butler and John Wilmot , Earl of Rochester . These men were poets of distinction and permanent interest . We may well discuss Butler 2 first 1 For the influence of Milton in the period see Raymond D. Havens , The Influence of ...
... Samuel Butler and John Wilmot , Earl of Rochester . These men were poets of distinction and permanent interest . We may well discuss Butler 2 first 1 For the influence of Milton in the period see Raymond D. Havens , The Influence of ...
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... Samuel Pepys1 ( 1633-1703 ) . Since the Diary is written in Thomas Shelton's system of shorthand , what we have is a transcript improved by successive editors . We are at least one remove from Pepys himself , but the Diary is so ...
... Samuel Pepys1 ( 1633-1703 ) . Since the Diary is written in Thomas Shelton's system of shorthand , what we have is a transcript improved by successive editors . We are at least one remove from Pepys himself , but the Diary is so ...
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... Samuel Foote ( 1720-1777 ) in the third quarter of the century illustrates this at its most sensational limit . His ... Samuel Foote : A Biography ( 1910 ) ; Mary M. Belden , The Dramatic Work of Samuel Foote ( New Haven , 1929 ) . made ...
... Samuel Foote ( 1720-1777 ) in the third quarter of the century illustrates this at its most sensational limit . His ... Samuel Foote : A Biography ( 1910 ) ; Mary M. Belden , The Dramatic Work of Samuel Foote ( New Haven , 1929 ) . made ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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