Princes and Humble Friends: Representations of Africa and Africans in Eighteenth-century British LiteratureStanford University, 1991 - 236 pages |
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Page 83
... hierarchy of the Chain of Being , Pope presents a 1 Alexander Pope , An Essay on Man , I , 35-38 , pp . 17-8 . 2 Alexander Pope , An Essay on Man , I , 85 , p . 24 . scene more complex , but primarily more frightening , than 83.
... hierarchy of the Chain of Being , Pope presents a 1 Alexander Pope , An Essay on Man , I , 35-38 , pp . 17-8 . 2 Alexander Pope , An Essay on Man , I , 85 , p . 24 . scene more complex , but primarily more frightening , than 83.
Page 129
... scene for Arietta . The Spectator mentions almost in passing that he has heard of two plantation slaves who loved the same woman . Unable to decide between who should forfeit his suit , they kill the woman and then each commit suicide ...
... scene for Arietta . The Spectator mentions almost in passing that he has heard of two plantation slaves who loved the same woman . Unable to decide between who should forfeit his suit , they kill the woman and then each commit suicide ...
Page 146
... scenes in Jonathan Wild according to the same critical measures that apply to the bulk of the novel suggests that , in these scenes , Fielding is trying his best to stifle the pleadings of English anti - slavery advocates as much as he ...
... scenes in Jonathan Wild according to the same critical measures that apply to the bulk of the novel suggests that , in these scenes , Fielding is trying his best to stifle the pleadings of English anti - slavery advocates as much as he ...
Contents
The Horridest Yell or Howling | 17 |
That Equal | 78 |
Firm Though Erring Zeal | 147 |
Copyright | |
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