Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose: Wishes : to his (supposed) mistresseMacmillan, 1951 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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... writing . Here , again , Hobbes contributed to the advance of the scientific point of view both in his writing on literary theory and in his practice . The result was that by the end of this period there was something like a common ...
... writing . Here , again , Hobbes contributed to the advance of the scientific point of view both in his writing on literary theory and in his practice . The result was that by the end of this period there was something like a common ...
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... write the things , the causes , and the men . But most we need his faith ( and all have you ) That dares not write things false , nor hide things true . XCVI . To John Donne Who shall doubt , DONNE , where I a Poet bee , When I dare ...
... write the things , the causes , and the men . But most we need his faith ( and all have you ) That dares not write things false , nor hide things true . XCVI . To John Donne Who shall doubt , DONNE , where I a Poet bee , When I dare ...
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... write of Groves , of Twilights , and I sing The Court of Mab , and of the Fairie - King . I write of Hell ; I sing ( and ever shall ) Of Heaven , and hope to have it after all . When He Would Have His Verses Read In sober mornings doe ...
... write of Groves , of Twilights , and I sing The Court of Mab , and of the Fairie - King . I write of Hell ; I sing ( and ever shall ) Of Heaven , and hope to have it after all . When He Would Have His Verses Read In sober mornings doe ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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