CD1: The tombs in Westminster Abbey / Of slow speech; That we should not judge of our happiness until after our death / Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Of truth; Of riches; Of wisdom / Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- A modest proposal / Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- The tombs in Westminster Abbey / Joseph Addison (1672-1719) CD2: Dream children - a reverie / The day of people of fashion... / Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Solitude not eligible; Good humour / Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) -- On national prejudices / Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) -- Of the dignity or meanness of human nature / David Hume (1711-1776) -- Dream children - a reverie / Charles Lamb (1775-1834) CD3: Midas / Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) On going a journey / William Hazlett (1778-1830) -- A 'Now' / Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) -- On life / Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) -- Midas / Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) (cont.) / On lying in bed / (cont.) / G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Ogres / William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) -- The first of May / Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- The extension of the railways in the Lake district / John Ruskin (1819-1900) -- On lying in bed / G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Summary:
Here are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative, the topics vary from starvation in Ireland, fine China, the extension of railways in the Lake District, and the tombs in Westminster Abbey.
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