Outline History of English And American Literature
Outline History of English And American Literature
Johnson, Charles Frederick, 1836-1931
The book Outline History of English And American Literature was written by author Johnson, Charles Frederick, 1836-1931 Here you can read free online of Outline History of English And American Literature book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Outline History of English And American Literature a good or bad book?
What reading level is Outline History of English And American Literature book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There has been some controversy as to the exact date of the birth of Edmund Burke, which serves to illus- trate on what an unimportant issue a discussion Burke, can be based. Mr. John Morley, by far the 1729-1797. kest authority on all questions connected with Burke's life, thinks that the most probable date was Janu- ary 12, 1729. Burke's father was a Protestant attorney of Dublin, and his mother was a Catholic. Burke was educated in the Protestant faith, and sent to an excel- lent school kept... by a Quaker named Abraham Shackel- ton at Ballitore, County Kildare, and afterward became a student at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1743, where he remained till 1748. In 1750 he went to London to " keep terms " at the Temple ; that is, to take the first step toward admission to the bar. He seems to have felt a distaste for the profession, and turned to the more uncertain career of literature and politics. In 1756 he pub- THE GEORGIAN PERIOD (17U TO 1800) 285 lished an ironical imitation of Lord Bolingbroke entitled 44 A Vindication of Natural Society " in which the style of Lord Bolingbroke was so well imitated as to deceive good judges.
User Reviews: