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Words From the Masters List

1672-1719

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

British writer and politician

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 1561-1626

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)

English philosopher and statesman

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1772-1834

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian

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1618-1667

Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667)

English poet and essayist

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1803-1882

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)

American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet

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1749-1832

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

German polymath

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1728-1774

Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774)

Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer

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1775-1834

Lamb, Charles (1775-1834)

English essayist, poet, and antiquarian

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1846-1916

Mabie, Hamilton Wright (1846-1916)

American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer

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1844-1990

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1990)

German philosopher

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1672-1729

Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician

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1770-1850

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

English Romantic Poet

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