DONNE, John.

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LXXX Sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine..., First edition of the first and most substantial of three folio volumes of Donne's sermons published by his son, this volume containing half his surviving sermons. "They demand reading and study not just as the major productions of his maturity but also as intricate and beautiful pieces of prose" (ODNB).The volume is prefaced by Walton's lengthy Life of Donne, the most famous of his lives, which was reprinted, with additions, as a separate book in 1658. Walton glosses Donne's poetry as a youthful recreation but prints in full his late "Hymn to God the Father", previously published in the 1633 Poems.

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