Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1Macmillan, 1951 - 498 pages Volume One: Poets included are Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Robert Burton, Phineas Fletcher, Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir William Davenant, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan. |
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... Herbert went at religion very much more like a scientist than like a devotee or con- templative . For the division between science and re- ligion was probably not the division that most troubled Lord Herbert . Much more was he troubled ...
... Herbert went at religion very much more like a scientist than like a devotee or con- templative . For the division between science and re- ligion was probably not the division that most troubled Lord Herbert . Much more was he troubled ...
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... Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ... Herbert's English poems must have circu- lated in manuscript , for even in his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation as a poet ...
... Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ... Herbert's English poems must have circu- lated in manuscript , for even in his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation as a poet ...
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... Herbert would marry any of his Nine Daughters ( for he had so many ) but rather , his Daughter Jane , than any other , because Jane was his beloved Daughter : And he had often said the same to Mr. Herbert himself ; and that if he could ...
... Herbert would marry any of his Nine Daughters ( for he had so many ) but rather , his Daughter Jane , than any other , because Jane was his beloved Daughter : And he had often said the same to Mr. Herbert himself ; and that if he could ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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| Title | Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1 Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Helen Constance White |
| Author | Helen Constance White |
| Editor | Helen Constance White |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1951 |
| Length | 498 pages |
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