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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
QUALITIES OF STYLE | 14 |
JEREMY TAYLOR | 20 |
KINDS OF COMPOSITION | 25 |
LIFE | 31 |
CHARACTER | 32 |
OPINIONScriticisms | 38 |
OPINIONS | 46 |
OTHER WRITERS | 295 |
FROM 1670 TO 1700 | 312 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 328 |
FROM 1700 TO 1730 | 342 |
Ludicrous | 350 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 357 |
JOSEPH ADDISON | 373 |
SIR RICHARD STEELE | 388 |
ELEMENTS OF STYLE | 86 |
QUALITIES OF STYLE | 156 |
KINDS OF COMPOSITION | 166 |
PROSE WRITERS BEFORE 1580 | 181 |
THIRD QUARTER OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY Ascham Wilson | 194 |
RICHARD HOOKER | 210 |
JOHN LYLY | 224 |
FROM 1610 TO 1640 | 236 |
OTHER WRITERS | 252 |
FROM 1640 TO 1670 | 261 |
ABRAHAM COWLEY | 286 |
OTHER WRITERS | 396 |
FROM 1730 TO 1760 | 409 |
OTHER WRITERS | 425 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 457 |
OTHER WRITERS | 469 |
FROM 1790 TO 1820 | 488 |
ROBERT HALL | 500 |
OTHER WRITERS | 509 |
SELECT WRITERS OF THE EARLY PART | 519 |
Philosophy Hamilton | 526 |
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