Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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NOTES ON SOME LESSER POETS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY W. L. RENWICK is difficult to read any work of our elders without precon- ceptions and without taking up an ... EIGHTEENTH CENTURY W L RENWICK, King's College, University of Durham.
NOTES ON SOME LESSER POETS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY W. L. RENWICK is difficult to read any work of our elders without precon- ceptions and without taking up an ... EIGHTEENTH CENTURY W L RENWICK, King's College, University of Durham.
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... eighteenth - century haunts seem stuffy in comparison - the air of town , village , highroad , park , and gar- den . But the air of the eighteenth century was only arid by the northern standards of those whose nostrils had become ab ...
... eighteenth - century haunts seem stuffy in comparison - the air of town , village , highroad , park , and gar- den . But the air of the eighteenth century was only arid by the northern standards of those whose nostrils had become ab ...
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... eighteenth - century poetry , he centres his comment in a quotation . On that subject , how- ever , it is usually a matter of following not praise but patronage . There is enough evidence to show that Arnold knew eighteenth- century ...
... eighteenth - century poetry , he centres his comment in a quotation . On that subject , how- ever , it is usually a matter of following not praise but patronage . There is enough evidence to show that Arnold knew eighteenth- century ...
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THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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