Lectures on the history of literature

The outer archives are busy

by Friedrich von Schlegel, John Gibson Lockhart

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IN the following lectures I purpose to take a comprehensive survey of the development and spirit of literature among the principal nations of ancient as well as of modern times: and more especially to consider literature in reference to its influence on practical life, on the destiny of nations, and on the progress of ages.

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