The Penguin Book of Eighteenth-century English VerseDennis Davison Penguin, 1973 - 321 pages Works by Pope, Johnson, Chatterton and other Augustan poets are grouped under such topic headings as Love, Nature, Women, and Science. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A NOTE ON THE TEXT | 17 |
SOAME JENYNS from The Modern Fine Lady | 24 |
Copyright | |
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