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Hellenica, a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history and religion Author: Abbott, Evelyn, 1843-1901 Year: 1898 26 View on Archive.org
Essays on religion and literature Author: Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892 Year: 1865 Includes bibliographical references View on Archive.org
Classical studies: essays on ancient literature and art is a public domain book, originally published in 1802. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated…
The Round table: a collection of essays on literature, men, and manners Author: Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 Year: 1817 2 v. 17 cm View on Archive.org
Recollections of Italy, England and America, with essays on various subjects, in morals and literature is a public domain book, originally published in 1768. The complete text…
The art of literature : a series of essays Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 Year: 1897 xiv, 149 p View on Archive.org
Chief pre-Shakespearean dramas : a selection of plays illustrating the history of the English drama from its origin down to Shakespeare Author: Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946…
Poems of Giosuè Carducci; tr. with two introductory essays: I. Giosuè Carducci and the Hellenic reaction in Italy. II. Carducci and the classic realism Author: Carducci, Giosuè…
The home book of verse : American and English, 1580-1918 ; with an appendix containing a few well-known poems in other languages Author: Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962…
Milton's Prosody: An Examination of the Rules of the Blank Verse in Milton's Later Poems, with ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1893. The complete text is…
Shelley Calderon And Other Essays On English And Spanish Poetry Author: Sal Vador Year: 1920 View on Archive.org
The sacred wood : essays on poetry and criticism Author: Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 Year: 1921 OCLC number: ocm02977634 View on Archive.org
A teacher of Dante.--Dante and the picturesque.--Lyric poetry and Petrarca.--Boccaccio and the novella.--The rise of the Italian drama.--Goldoni and Italian comedy.--Alfieri and…
David Gray, and other essays, chiefly on poetry Author: Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901 Year: 1868 26 View on Archive.org
Essays on Subjects Connected with the Literature, Popular Superstitions, and ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1846. The complete text is available to read…
An essay on war, in blank verse; Honington Green, a ballad; The culprit, an elegy; and other poems, on various subjects Author: Bloomfield, Nathaniel, 1759- Year: 1803 xxviii…
Philosophical essays on morals, literature, and politics (Volume 2) Author: Hume, David, 1711-1776 Year: 1817 Shaw & Shoemaker View on Archive.org
The satellite; or, repository of literature. Consisting of miscellaneous essays, (chiefly original) intended for the diffusion of useful and polite knowledge. 1800.. Digitized…
Crowned masterpieces of literature that have advanced civilization, as preserved and presented by the world's best essays, from the earliest period to the present time Author…
Commentaries on the law in Shakespeare with explanations of the legal terms used in the plays poems and sonnets and discussio is a public domain book, originally published in…
Abnormal man, being essays on education and crime and related subjects, with digests of literature and a bibliography is a public domain book, originally published in 1856. The…
Music and Poetry Essays upon Some aspects and Inter-Relations of the two Arts
Poems, and translations, in verse, from admired compositions of the ancient Celtic bards; with the Gaelic originals, and copious illustrative notes Author: Munro, Robert, of…
The dark ages : a series of essays intended to illustrate the state of religion and literature in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries Author: Maitland, Samuel…
Commentaries on the law in Shakespeare With explanations of the legal terms used in the plays poems and sonnets and a consideration of the criminal types presented also a full…
Essays in criticism. The study of poetry. John Keats; Wordsworth. Edited by Susan S. Sheridan Author: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 Year: 1896 26 View on Archive.org
Essays on the study and use of poetry by Plutarch and Basil the Great Author: Plutarch Year: 1902 Includes index View on Archive.org
Folia litteraria : essays and notes on English literature Author: Hales, John W. (John Wesley), 1836-1914 Year: 1893 35 View on Archive.org
Caxtoniana: a series of essays on life, literature, and manners Author: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873 Year: 1863 3 p. ., [13]-441, [1] p. 20 cm View on Archive.org
Old English Drama: A Selection of Plays from the Old English Dramatists is a public domain book, originally published in 1825. The complete text is available to read online.…
The plays and poems of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies, left by the late Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, and Edmond…
Letters and essays in prose and verse [by R.Sharp]. is a public domain book, originally published in 1834. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with…
Essays of an Americanist. I. Ethnologic and archaeologic. II. Mythology and folk lore. III. Graphic systems and literature. IV. Linguistic Author: Brinton, Daniel Garrison…
The Dark Ages : a series of essays, intended to illustrate the state of religion and literature in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries Author: Maitland, Samuel…
The dark ages : a series of essays intended to illustrate the state of religion and literature in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries ; reprinted from the British…
The English drama purified: being a specimen of select plays, in which all the passages that have appeared to the editor to be o is a public domain book, originally published in…
The complete works of Bret Harte in prose and poetry : now first collected Author: Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 Year: 1874 BAL View on Archive.org