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Poets wrote epics to instruct . Richardson displayed Pamela as the model housewife , and Fielding undertook Joseph Andrews as a refutation of Richardson . Steele crusaded against dueling . Addison corrected manners .
Poets wrote epics to instruct . Richardson displayed Pamela as the model housewife , and Fielding undertook Joseph Andrews as a refutation of Richardson . Steele crusaded against dueling . Addison corrected manners .
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He wrote , usually , at night , 89 after returning from the theatre , or from a bout or talk with friends , or at any rate after the cares of the day were over , when he was quiet , alone , and free from the dangers of interruption .
He wrote , usually , at night , 89 after returning from the theatre , or from a bout or talk with friends , or at any rate after the cares of the day were over , when he was quiet , alone , and free from the dangers of interruption .
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Either he wrote blindly , with no particular thesis , or he wrote in accord with a particular thesis , and could not understand why he could not apply it whole - heartedly . It is this difficulty that makes the English Bards and Scotch ...
Either he wrote blindly , with no particular thesis , or he wrote in accord with a particular thesis , and could not understand why he could not apply it whole - heartedly . It is this difficulty that makes the English Bards and Scotch ...
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| Title | Byron: Romantic Paradox |
| Author | William Jonathan Calvert |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Russell & Russell, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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