The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century
Contributors: Fred E. Bumby (Editor)
Publisher: Arden Library
Published: April 1982
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780849552144
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: IN treating of the English humourists of the past age, it is of the men and of their lives, rather than of their books, that I ask permission to speak to you; and in doing so, you are aware that I cannot hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story.