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Introductory Notes (7:48) Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings by William Caxton, Part 1 (40:22) Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 2 (35:19) Dedication of The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (51:42) General Syllabus by John Calvin (10:20) Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies by Nicolaus Copernicus (15:50) Preface to the History of the Reformation in Scotland by John Knox (6:04) Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser (15:24) Preface to The History of the World by Sir Walter Raleigh, Part 1 (42:52) Preface to The History of the World, Part 2 (45:55) Preface to The History of the World, Part 3 (29:23) Preface to The History of the World, Part 4 (24:53) Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna by Sir Francis Bacon, Part 1 (36:16) Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 2 (33:28) Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 3 (14:26) Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays by John Heminge (6:03) Preface to The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton (8:38) Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern by John Dryden, Part 1 (43:18) Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 2 (42:16) Preface to Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding (20:19) Preface to the English Dictionary by Samuel Johnson (36:10) To the Earl of Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson (49:52) Preface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson, Part 1 (50:30) Preface to Shakespeare, Part 2 (51:56) Preface to Shakespeare, Part 3 (30:58) Introduction to The Propylaen by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (46:54) Prefaces to Poems by William Wordsworth, Part 1 (38:03) Prefaces to Poems, Part 2 (40:43) Prefaces to Poems, Part 3 (35:04) Prefaces to Poems, Part 4 (35:42) Prefaces to Poems, Part 5 (33:01) Preface to Cromwell by Victor Hugo, Part 1 (46:57) Preface to Cromwell, Part 2 (45:20) Preface to Cromwell, Part 3 (38:00) Preface to Cromwell, Part 4 (36:55) Preface to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Part 1 (42:04) Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 2 (34:53) Introduction to The History of English Literature by H. A. Taine, Part 1 (29:12) Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 2 (36:00)
