KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
PREFATORY NOTE
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ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
SIR WALTER RALEGH 1552-1618 THE VANITY OF GREATNESS
FRANCIS BACON 1561-1626 OF STUDIES
WILLIAM DRUMMOND 1585-1649 MEDITATION ON DEATH
THOMAS HOBBES 1588-1679 PRIMITIVE LIFE
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 1605-1682 CHARITY
JOHN MILTON 1608-1674 THE DANGER OF INTERFERING WITH THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
EARL OF CLARENDON 1609-1674 DEATH OF FALKLAND
JOHN BUNYAN 1628-1688 THE END OF THE PILGRIMAGE
SAMUEL PEPYS 1633-1703 A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
DANIEL DEFOE 1660-1731 CAPTAIN SINGLETON IN CHINA
JONATHAN SWIFT 1667-1745 THE ART OF CONVERSATION
JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719 THE ROYAL EXCHANGE
LAURENCE STERNE 1713-1768 HOW UNCLE TOBY AND CORPORAL TRIM FOLLOWED MARLBOROUGH'S CAMPAIGNS
HORACE WALPOLE 1717-1797 THE FUNERAL OF GEORGE II
EDMUND BURKE 1729-1797 DECAY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY
WILLIAM COWPER 1731-1800 THE CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT
JAMES BOSWELL 1740-1795 FIRST SIGHT OF DR JOHNSON
SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-1832 ARRIVAL AT OSBALDISTONE HALL
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775-1864 DIOGENES AND PLATO
JANE AUSTEN 1775-1817 AN INVITATION
WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-1830 COLERIDGE AS PREACHER
THOMAS DE QUINCEY 1785-1859 A DREAM
THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-1881 THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES
LORD MACAULAY 1800-1859 THE TRIAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1804-1864 THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870 STORM
CHARLOTTE BRONTE 1816-1855 JANE EYRE AND MR ROCHESTER
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) 1819-1880 A MISER
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1850-1894 DIVING
Title: A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools
Author: Percy Lubbock
Language: English
Produced by Al Haines
A Book of English Prose
Arranged for Secondary and High Schools
