THE ENGLISH POETS

T. H. WARD

VOL. III.

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:

ADDISON TO BLAKE.

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THE

ENGLISH POETS

SELECTIONS

WITH CRITICAL INTRODUCTIONS

BY VARIOUS WRITERS

AND A GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

EDITED BY

THOMAS HUMPHRY WARD, M.A

Late Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford