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Eighteenth-Century E-Texts — A

This page, edited by Jack Lynch, is part of the larger collection of Eighteenth-Century E-Texts on the Net.

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Achenwall, Gottfried (1719-1772) (Search Google Books)

• Achenwall's Observations on North America (1767)

Acton, Eliza (Search Google Books)

• Poems (1826) (BWRP, UC Davis)

Adams, John (Search Google Books)

• A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• The Independence of the Judiciary (1773) (Liberty Fund -- PDF) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Novanglus; or, A History of the Dispute with America (1774) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Revolutionary Writings (1763-1779) (Liberty Fund — PDF)

Adams, Samuel (Search Google Books)

• The Writings of Samuel Adams, vol. 3 (Gutenberg)

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) (Search Google Books)

• An Account of the Greatest English Poets:
  • An Account of the Greatest English Poets (Laura Mandell, Miami Univ., Ohio)
  • An Account of the Greatest English Poets (Toronto)
• Cato: A Tragedy (1713) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Cato: A Tragedy and Selected Essays (1710-1716) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Constantia and Theodosius (Munseys)
• The Tatler and The Spectator:
  • The Tatler (The Spectator Project)
  • The Spectator (The Spectator Project) — The complete Morley edition.
  • The Coverley Papers from the Spectator (Gutenberg)
  • Selected Essays from the Guardian and the Freeholder (1713-1716) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Selected Essays from the Spectator (1711-1714) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Selected Essays from the Tatler and the Whig Examiner (1710) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Essays and Tales (Gutenberg)
  • Days with Sir Roger de Coverley (Gutenberg)
• Hymn (Oxford Book of English Verse)
• The Latin Prose and Poetry of Joseph Addison: A Hypertext Edition (Dana F. Sutton, Univ. of California, Irvine) — Extensive edition of Addion's Latin works.

Addison, Mrs. R.

• Poetry on Different Subjects (1812) (BRWP)

Agrippa, Henry Cornelius (Search Google Books)

• Female Pre-Eminence: or, The Dignity and Excellency of that Sex, above the Male (1670) — tr. Henry Care.

Aikin, Lucy (1781-1684)

• Epistles on Women (1810) (BWRP)

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770)

• The Pleasures of Imagination (excerpts) (1744) (Toronto)
• Amoret (Oxford Book of English Verse)
• The Complaint (Oxford Book of English Verse)
• The Nightingale (Oxford Book of English Verse)

Aleman, Mateo

• Histoire de Guzman d'Alfarache: nouvellement traduite et purgée des moralitez superflues par M. Le Sage (1825) (BNF) — Requires frames.

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783)

• Analysis of the Spirit of Laws (1774) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Réflexions sur l'histoire, et sur les différentes manières de l'écrire (1821)
• Preliminary Discourse to Diderot's Encyclopedia (WSU)
• Lettre de d'Alembert à M. J.-J. Rousseau: sur l'article Genève tiré du septième volume de l'Encyclopédie (1759) (BNF) — Requires frames.
• Genève, ou Descriptions abrégée du gouvernement de cette république (tirée de l'Encyclopédie)
• Lettre de M. d'Alembert à M. Rousseau, citoyen de Genève (1759)

Alfieri, Vittorio

• Della tirannide (1777) (LiberLiber) (in Italian)
• La virtù sconosciuta (LiberLiber) (in Italian)

Allestree, Richard

• The Government of the Tongue (1774) (CCEL)

Alline, Henry (1748-1784)

• The Life and Journal of the Rev. Mr. Henry Alline — Page images at Early Canadiana Online

Amory, Thomas

• John Buncle (Munseys)

Arbuthnot, John

• An Argument for Divine Providence (1710) — PDF.
• The History of John Bull (Gutenberg)

Argenson, René d'

• Considerations sur le gouvernement ancien et present de la France (in French):
  • Consideration sur le gouvernement ancien et present de la France (Joseph Gallanar) — Comparison of various editions and MSS.
  • 1764 edition
  • 1765 edition
  • 1784 edition
• Jousques-où la democratie peut êstre admise dans le gouvernement monarchique (in French):
  • 1737 version, MS 2334
  • 1737 version, MS 2335
  • 1737 version, MS 2337
  • 1750s version, MSS 2338
  • Traitté de politique (1737)

Astell, Mary

• Some Reflections upon Marriage (1700)

Aubin, Penelope

• Charlotta Du Pont (Munseys)
• Count Albertus (Munseys)
• Count de Vinevil (Munseys)
• The Life and Adventures of the Lady Lucy (Munseys)
• The Life and Amorous Adventures of Lucinda, An English Lady (Munseys)
• The Life of Madam de Beaumount, A French Lady (Blacmkask)
• The Noble Slaves (Munseys)

Aubrey, John

• Miscellanies upon Various Subjects (Gutenberg)
• The Natural History of Wiltshire (Gutenberg)

Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

• Emma (1815):
  • Emma (www.pemberley.com)
  • Emma (Litrix)
  • Emma (ReadPrint)
  • Emma (Great Literature Online) — Irritatingly commercial.
• Mansfield Park (1814):
  • Mansfield Park (www.pemberley.com)
  • Mansfield Park (Litrix)
  • Mansfield Park (ReadPrint)
  • Mansfield Park (Bibliomania)
• Northanger Abbey (1816):
  • Northanger Abbey (www.pemberley.com)
  • Northanger Abbey (Bibliomania)
  • Northanger Abbey (Litrix)
  • Northanger Abbey (ReadPrint)
• Persuasion (1814):
  • Persuasion (1816) (Bibliomania)
  • Persuasion (www.pemberley.com)
  • Persuasion (Litrix)
  • Persuasion (ReadPrint)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813):
  • Pride and Prejudice (Gutenberg)
  • Pride and Prejudice (www.pemberley.com)
  • Pride and Prejudice (Bartleby)
  • Pride and Prejudice (Litrix)
  • Pride and Prejudice (ReadPrint)
• Sense and Sensibility (1811):
  • Sense and Sensibility (www.pemberley.com)
  • Sense and Sensibility (Gutenberg)
  • Sense And Sensibility (Litrix)
  • Sense and Sensibility (ReadPrint)
• Juvenilia (www.pemberley.com):
  • Love and Freindship (www.pemberley.com)
  • Love and Freindship (www.pemberley.com) — Annotated hypertext.
  • The Three Sisters (www.pemberley.com) — Annotated hypertext.
  • Frederic & Elfrida (www.pemberley.com) — Annotated hypertext.
  • Lady Susan:
    • Lady Susan (www.pemberley.com)
    • Lady Susan (Gutenberg)
    • Lady Susan (ReadPrint)
    • Lady Susan (Great Literature Online) — Irritatingly commercial.
    • Lady Susan (Bibliomania)
  • Love and Friendship and Other Early Works (Great Literature Online) — Irritatingly commercial.
  • Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters (www.pemberley.com)
  • Sanditon (www.pemberley.com)
  • The Watsons (www.pemberley.com)
• The History of England
• Letters (Brabourne Edition) (www.pemberley.com)
• Light verse (www.pemberley.com)