17th and 18th Century Prose
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Davideis is Abraham Cowley’s ambitious attempt to write a Christian epic based on the biblical story of King David. Inspired...
Samuel Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest biographers in English literature. His masterpiece, Lives of the Most Eminent...
Abraham Cowley occupies a distinguished position among the English Metaphysical poets. Though the movement was pioneered by John Donne, Cowley...
samuel johnson main text: In 1643, being now master of arts, he was, by the prevalence of the parliament, ejected...
samuel johnson main text: In 1643, Cowley, who had already earned a Master of Arts degree, was expelled from Cambridge...
main text: If I were to take the whole aggregate of our possessions there, I should compare it, as the...
EDMUND BURKE The strong admission I have made of the company\’s rights (I am conscious of it) binds me to...
BY ADDISON AND STEEELE main text : part-01 I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...
EDMUND BURKE Mr. Speaker, I thank you for pointing to me. I really wished much to engage your attention in...
BACON SELECTED ESSAYS main text:part-01 HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments...