The Age Of Enlightenment : An Anthology Of Eighteenth Century Texts

V. 1. Voltaire / On Politeness In Drama (1736) -- Voltaire / On Hamlet (1749) -- Samuel Johnson / On Shakespeare (1765) -- Samuel Johnson / On Alexander Pope (1781) -- Henry Fielding / A Comic Epic Poem In Prose (1742) -- John Toland / Christianity Not Mysterious (1696) -- Joseph Butler / On Compassion (1726) -- George Whitefield / Beseeching Sinners (c.1750-70) -- David Hume / Of Miracles (1748) -- David Hume / Of A Particular Providence (1748) -- David Hume / My Own Life (1777) -- Volitaire / Poem On The Lisbon Disaster (1756) -- Rousseau / On Providence (1756) -- Samuel Johnson / On Optimism (1757) -- Voltaire / On Parliament; On Government; On Trade (1733) -- Montesquieu / On Political Liberty; Of Laws In Relation To Climate; On Commerce (1748) -- Quesnai / General Maxims For Economic Government (1768) -- Adam Smith / Of The Agricultural Systems (1776) -- Adam Smith / Of The Expense Of Institutions For Education (1776) -- Edward Gibbon / The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776-88). V. 2. Batty Langley / The Builder's Treasury (1740) -- Laugier / Essay On Architecture (1753) -- William Chambers / On Civil Architecture (1759, 1791) -- James Stuart And Nicholas Revett / The Antiquities Of Athens (1762) -- Le Blanc / Letters To The Comte De Caylus (1747) -- Cochin / A Petition ... By A Society Of Artists (1754) -- Cochin / On The 'greek Manner' (c.1780-1790) -- Blondel / On Bad Taste In Interior Decoration (1771) -- La Font De Saint Yenne / Reflections On ... The Present State Of Painting In France (1747) -- William Hogarth / The Analysis Of Beauty (1753) -- William Hogarth / The Anecdotes Of William Hogarth (1737, 1763) -- Horace Walpole / On Modern Gardening (1771) -- Joshua Reynolds / The Fourteenth Discourse: On Gainsborough (1788) -- Diderot / Salons Of 1761, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1781 -- D'alembert / A History Of The Sciences (1751) -- Diderot / Art (1751) -- Diderot / The Stocking Machine (1751) -- Buffon / How To Study Natural History (1749) -- Buffon / History And Theory Of The Earth (1749) -- Buffon / An Examination Of Some Other Theories Of The Earth (1749) -- Buffon / The Ass (1753) -- Buffon / Of Animals Common To Both Continents (1761) -- D'alembert / On Men Of Letters (1753) -- Samuel Johnson / Letter To Lord Chesterfield (1755) -- Beaumarchais / The Marriage Of Figaro (1784) Opening Scene -- Beaumarchais / The Marriage Of Figaro (1784) Figaro's Soliloquy -- Kant / Answer To The Question: What Is 'enlightening'? (1784). Edited By S. Eliot And B. Stern. Publisher From Label On T.p. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.