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Logan Pearsall Smith. A Treasury of English Prose
A Treasury of English Prose
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER. 1340?-1400
O STELLIFERI CONDITOR ORBIS
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 1552
WITH ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS
DEATH
I WILL CONSIDER
IN CONVERTENDO
I AM NOT HIGH-MINDED
SIR WALTER RALEGH. 1552?-1618
THE STARS
DEATH
RICHARD HOOKER. 1554?-1600
THE LAWS OF NATURE
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. 1554-1586
POETRY
THE GOLDEN WORLD
FRANCIS BACON. 1561-1626
THE SERVICE OF THE MUSES
BOOKS
TRUTH
SOLITUDE
THE BREATH OF FLOWERS
THE LONGING FOR DEATH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 1564-1616
HAMLET
LOVE AND DEATH
MINIONS OF THE MOON
BEFORE AGINCOURT
AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE. 1611
DEDICATION TO JAMES I
NOAH’S SACRIFICE
THE VISION OF MOSES
THREATENED PUNISHMENTS
BALAAM’S BLESSING
THE BLESSING OF JACOB
DAVID’S LAMENT FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN
THE VISION OF ELIJAH
JOB CURSES HIS DAY
MAN
WISDOM
GOD’S CHALLENGE TO JOB
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
THE HARLOT
VANITY OF VANITIES
ALL THINGS COME ALIKE
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR
THE SPRING
LOVE
BABYLON
HOW ART THOU FALLEN!
COMFORT YE
TAKE NO THOUGHT
COME UNTO ME
JERUSALEM
PAUL’S FAITH
CHARITY
THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
LET US ENJOY
FEAR
JOHN DONNE. 1573-1631
GOD’S BOUNTY
THE EYE OF GOD
ANGELS
TERRIBLE THINGS
PRAYER
UNCONSCIOUS PRAYER
WHEN I CONSIDER
LET ME WITHER
SLEEP
THE SICK SOUL
THE DEATH-BED
DUST
ETERNITY
VERMICULATION
ETERNAL BANISHMENT
SENTENCES
ROBERT BURTON. 1577-1640
THE COPERNICAN HYPOTHESIS
MELANCHOLY
BOATING
THOMAS HOBBES. 1588-1679
THE PAPACY
IZAAK WALTON. 1593-1683
THE BIRDS
SIR THOMAS BROWNE. 1605-1682
CONTEMPT OF DEATH
THE WORLD
THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
THE MIRACLE
ADAM AND EVE AFTER THE FALL
IMMORTALITY
DEAD BONES
TOO LATE
OBLIVION
CHRISTIAN IMMORTALITY
NIGHT
ASTROLOGY
SENTENCES
JOHN MILTON. 1608-1674
HIS MISSION
THE POET
A TRUE POEM
BOOKS
TRUE VIRTUE
ENGLAND
PRESAGE OF VICTORY
EDUCATION
A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH
JEREMY TAYLOR. 1613-1667
THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
PRAYER
RINGS AND SEALS
WANDERING THOUGHTS
THE STARS
CHILDREN
INTEMPERANCE
THE SUN IN WINTER
ENJOYMENT
THE SOUL
THE WICKED MAN
DEFENCELESSNESS
A PRAYER
THE ROSE
THE SUN
SICKNESS
THE NORTH WIND
AVOIDING DEATH
DEATH
FRIENDSHIP
SENTENCES
ROBERT SOUTH. 1634-1716
WORDS OF SOBERNESS
ABRAHAM COWLEY. 1618-1667
CHIMES OF VERSE
THE MARQUIS OF HALIFAX. 1633-1695
THE ENGLISHMAN’S IDOLATRY
SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE. 1628-1699
LIFE
THOMAS TRAHERNE. 1637-1674
CHILDHOOD
JONATHAN SWIFT. 1667-1745
THE DEVIL
DELUSION
JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672-1719
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
THE PETTICOAT
SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709-1784
THE DICTIONARY
LAURENCE STERNE. 1713-1768
A FRAGMENT
DEATH OF LE FEVRE
EDMUND BURKE. 1729-1797
MARIE ANTOINETTE
EDWARD GIBBON. 1737-1794
ELAGABALUS BRINGS THE SACRED STONE TO ROME
IMMORTALITY
THE DOOM OF ROME
AN OPINION OF THE CHURCH FATHERS
THE SAGES OF GREECE AND ROME
THE DECLINE AND FALL
THE LATER YEARS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1770-1850
POETRY
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 1772-1834
THE STARS
NATURE
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. 1775-1864
DEEP LOVE
MORTALITY
THE SONG OF THE FATES
SENTENCES
CHARLES LAMB. 1775-1834
TOWN AND COUNTRY
MY FIRST PLAY
THE GREAT HOUSE
BLAKESMOOR
THOMAS COVENTRY
THE OLD BENCHERS
THE BOY ELIA
EATING
ANTIPATHIES
THE JEWS
FOOLS
MUSIC
LORD C
TITIAN’S ARIADNE
THE BODLEIAN
AMICUS REDIVIVUS
MUNDEN
MORTALITY
THE THOUGHT OF DEATH
RISING WITH THE LARK
DEATH OF ELIA
SENTENCES
WILLIAM HAZLITT. 1778-1830
HAZLITT’S FATHER
THE SNOB
THE STAGE
COLERIDGE
FROM THE LIBER AMORIS
THOMAS DE QUINCEY. 1785-1859
FUNERAL BELLS
THE CHEMIST
THE CRISIS
SENTENCES
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. 1792-1822
POETRY
POETS AS LEGISLATORS
THE RUINS OF ROME
LOVE
THE RELIGION OF LOVE
THE PENATES
SENTENCES
JOHN KEATS. 1795-1821
FROM HIS LETTERS
THOMAS CARLYLE. 1795-1881
FRANCE AROUSED
DEATH OF PRINCE HENRY, SON OF JAMES I
COLERIDGE
CARLYLE IN SCOTLAND
THE PIANO
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN IRELAND
SENTENCES
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. 1801-1890
THE CLASSICS
RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1803-1882
THOUGHT AND REALITY
BEAUTY
THE STRANGER
FRIENDSHIP
DISASTER
SURFACE
NATURE ELUDES US
MUTABILITY
MAN
THE PROBLEM
SENTENCES
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1809-1865
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. 1811-1863
THE MUSE OF HISTORY
JOHN RUSKIN. 1819-1900
REAL ENJOYMENT
VENICE
WHAT THE BIRDS SEE
FIRST SIGHT OF THE ALPS
FIREFLIES
WALT WHITMAN. 1819-1892
MUSIC
MATTHEW ARNOLD. 1822-1888
OXFORD
SAMUEL BUTLER. 1835-1902
FLEET STREET
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. 1837-1909
BYRON
WALTER PATER. 1839-1894
LA GIOCONDA
EPILOGUE
THE RED HAWTHORN
LONDON SUBURBS
HENRY JAMES. 1843-1916
FLAUBERT
A PARIS NIGHT
IN THE TWILIGHT
REFUGEES AT RYE
ROBERT BRIDGES
ENGLAND IN THE GREAT WAR
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR
MAN
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. 1850-1894
HAPPINESS
WOODROW WILSON
SPEECH TO CONGRESS
CHARLES MONTAGU DOUGHTY
ARABIA
THE SUN
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
SHAKESPEARE AND BUNYAN
JOSEPH CONRAD
YOUTH
THE ENGLISH SPEECH
G. LOWES DICKINSON
EAST AND WEST
H. G. WELLS
LOVE
GEORGE SANTAYANA
OLD PHRASES
HUMANITY
COSMIC PIETY
INJUSTICE
