Essays in English Literature and History

Art of History Autobiography background beauty became Bellmour Bunyan character characteristic Christianity church Congreve consider continued Cotton Mather creative expression criticism David Hume death Decline and Fall divine dominance drama Edward Gibbon eighteenth century emotions English Literature English Restoration essay fact faith force genius heart historian historiography History of English History of Scotland human Hume's Ibid immorality importance Increase Mather influence inoculation intellect J. B. Black Jeremy Collier Jonson king Lady literary live Lord lyric married Maskwell Mellefont Memoriam Millamont mind minister morality nature Neilson passion period philosophical play plot Plyant poem poet poetic poetry political prose Puritan reason religion religious repressed Restoration comedy Restoration literature Richard Mather Robert Burns Roman Empire Royalist satire says scenes scornful ladies Scottish sense smallpox society soil songs soul spirit Tennyson thought tion tragedy triumvirate true truth Vainlove William Robertson witchcraft witches writes wrote