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...
samuel johnson main text: The Life of Cowley, notwithstanding the penury of English biography, has been written by Dr. Sprat’,...
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’S SELECTED ESSAYS main text:part-01 REVENGE is a kind of wild justice which the more man\’s nature runs to, the...
BACON SELECTED ESSAYS main text:part-01 Short Summary In this passage, Francis Bacon argues that marriage and family life help develop...