EDITED BY

PROFESSOR SAINTSBURY

VII.

THE FIRST HALF OF THE

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

PERIODS OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE.

EDITED BY PROFESSOR SAINTSBURY.

A COMPLETE AND CONTINUOUS HISTORY OF THE SUBJECT.

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"The criticism which alone can much help us for the future is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result."

THE FIRST HALF OF THE

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

BY

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CHALMERS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

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