Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

for the reason that

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

of short duration or distance

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

placed in a grave

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

an occurrence of something

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

a period of 100 years

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

past form of “conceive” — have the idea for

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

determine the number or amount of

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a British peer of the highest rank

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “editor” — a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

coming next after the seventeenth in position

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

consisting of small disconnected parts

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

making a strong or vivid impression

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

the act of beginning something new

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

a son who has the same first name as his father

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a room where books are kept

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

plural of “memoir” — an account of the author's personal experiences

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a recognition of meritorious service

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

a midwestern state

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

in large part; mainly or chiefly

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

plural of “nile” — the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

in an obscure manner

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

an amount of time

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a university town in central New Jersey

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

be fully aware or cognizant of

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

possessive form of “richardson” — United States architect (1838-1886)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

precisely, exactly

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

catch sight of

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

plural of “statement” — a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

in a striking manner

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

of considerable importance, size, or worth

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

male cat

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

plural of “triumph” — a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

under normal conditions

From this reading Criticism of prose fiction during that period, however, is less impressive, being neither strikingly original nor profound nor usually more than fragmentary.

precisely as stated

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And as in the case of other branches of literary theory in the Augustan period, the original expression of the organized doctrine was French.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Because the early statements of theory were mostly very brief and are now obscurely buried in rare books, one may come upon the well conceived "program" of _Joseph Andrews_ and _Tom Jones_ with some surprise.

the act of creating written works

From this reading But if one looks in the right places one will realize that mid-eighteenth century notions about prose fiction had a substantial background in earlier writing.

a university in Connecticut

From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.

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From this reading Georges de Scudéry, Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674) Mary De la Riviere Manley, Preface to _The Secret History of Queen Zarah_ (1705) Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, _The Jewish Spy_ (1744), Letter 35 William Warburton, Preface to Volumes III and IV (1748) of Richardson's _Clarissa_ Samuel Derrick, Preface to d'Argens's _Memoirs of The Count Du Beauval_ (1754) Benjamin Boyce Publication Number 32 Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California GENERAL EDITORS H. RICHARD ARCHER, _Clark Memorial Library_ RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_ JOHN LOFTIS, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_ ADVISORY EDITORS EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_ BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_ LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_ CLEANTH BROOKS, _Yale University_ JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_ ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_ EDWARD NILES HOOKER, _University of California, Los Angeles_ LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_ SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_ ERNEST MOSSNER, _University of Texas_ JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_ H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_ INTRODUCTION The development of the English novel is one of the triumphs of the eighteenth century.