Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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... less splendid and powerful , has a more general influ- ence . Those who have felt the excitement produced by the ... Less winning soft , less amiably mild . Again , by its variety , its intricacy , its partial concealments , it ex- cites ...
... less splendid and powerful , has a more general influ- ence . Those who have felt the excitement produced by the ... Less winning soft , less amiably mild . Again , by its variety , its intricacy , its partial concealments , it ex- cites ...
Page 754
... less obstructed , and I am more capable of motion and exercise . My mind is less encumbered , and I am less interrupted in mental em- ployment . Some advances , I hope , have been made towards regu- larity . I have missed church since ...
... less obstructed , and I am more capable of motion and exercise . My mind is less encumbered , and I am less interrupted in mental em- ployment . Some advances , I hope , have been made towards regu- larity . I have missed church since ...
Page 755
... less rigorously than at other times . I , by neg- ligence , poured milk into the tea , and , in the afternoon , drank one dish of coffee with Thrale ; yet at night , after a fit of drowsiness , I felt myself very much disordered by ...
... less rigorously than at other times . I , by neg- ligence , poured milk into the tea , and , in the afternoon , drank one dish of coffee with Thrale ; yet at night , after a fit of drowsiness , I felt myself very much disordered by ...
Contents
The titles of certain selections appear in smaller type These selections | 2 |
Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
Copyright | |
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