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History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 821 — Part II—The Worldlings (continued 7)

Henri Van Laun translation

There is a distinct trace of a spirit similar to that which is here sketched, in a select few of the English writers. Pultcck's "Peter Wilkins the Flying Man," Amory's "Life of John Buncle," and Southey's "Doctor," are instances of this. Rabelais is probably their prototype.—Tr.

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