Lays of Ancient Rome - Essays and Poems
by Lord Macaulay (with an Introduction by G.M. Trevelyan)
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About This Item
London: Dent Everyman's Books, 1968 G. M. Trevelyan's Introduction presents this rich and varied selection from Macaulay's prose and verse, a selection which includes some perhaps unsuspected facets of fantasy and humour. The literary themes of the essays cover a wide range including Dante and Petrarch, and memorable portraits of Goldsmith and Johnson. The contents of the volume are as follows: MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS: History', * John Dryden', 'Mirabeau', 'Barère', Francis Atterbury', 'John Bunyan', Oliver Goldsmith', Samuel Johnson', 'Dante', 'Petrarch', 'A Conversation between Mr Abraham Cowley and Mr John Milton, touching the Great Civil War', 'Some Account of the Great Law suit between the Parishes of St Dennis and St George in the Water', 'On the Athenian Orators', 'A Prophetic Account of a Grand National Epic Poem to be entitled, "The Wellingtoniad", "William Pitt", "On the Royal Society of Literature', 'Scenes from "Athenian Revels". LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME: Horatius', "The Battle of Lake Regillus', 'Virginia', "The Prophecy of Capys', 'Ivry', The Armada', MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, including 'Epitaph on a Jacobite', 'A Radical War Song', 'Sermon in a Churchyard', etc. 528 pages ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Roughly 5½ " Wide and 7½ " Tall
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- Bookseller
- Eaglestones (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000256
- Title
- Lays of Ancient Rome - Essays and Poems
- Author
- Lord Macaulay (with an Introduction by G.M. Trevelyan)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing Thus.
- Publisher
- Dent Everyman's Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- MACAULEY
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