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Contents
THOMAS MORE 1551 Utopia in the translation | 6 |
THOMAS NORTH 1579 Plutarchs Lives translation II | 13 |
FRANCIS BACON 1597 Essays or Counsels Civil | 20 |
JOHN DONNE 1640 LXXX Sermons | 26 |
JEREMY TAYLOR 16501 The Rule and Exercises | 33 |
LORD CLARENDON 17024 The History of the Rebellion | 40 |
JOHN BUNYAN 1678 The Pilgrims Progress page | 42 |
SAMUEL PEPYS 1825 Diary | 48 |
EDMUND BURKE 1790 Reflections on the French | 85 |
WILLIAM HAZLITT 1823 The Plain Speaker | 92 |
CHARLES LAMB 1823 Essays of Elia | 100 |
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 18249 Imaginary Conver | 104 |
EMILY BRONTË 1847 Wuthering Heights III | 114 |
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 18478 Vanity Fair | 120 |
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN 1864 Apologia pro vita sua | 127 |
THOMAS HARDY 1891 Tess of the dUrbervilles | 134 |
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