Anul 1740 în literatură a implicat o serie de evenimente și cărți noi semnificative. Evenimente
Cărți noi Johann Jakob Bodmer - Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie Colley Cibber - An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian John Dyer - The Ruins of Rome Richard Glover - Admiral Hosier's Ghost David Hume - An Abstract of . . . A Treatise of Human Nature William Law - An Earnest and Serious Answer to Dr. Trapp's Discourse - An Appeal to all that Doubt, or Disbelieve the Truths of the Gospel William Oldys - The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh Christopher Pitt - The Aeneid of Virgil William Pulteney - An Epistle from L--- to Lord C-------d (presupusă a fi de la Thomas Coke către Lordul Chesterfield) Samuel Richardson - Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke - The Idea of a Patriot King William Stukeley - Stonehenge: A temple restor'd to the British Druids Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve -La jeune américaine, et les contes marins William Warburton - A Vindication of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man George Whitefield - A Short Account of God's Dealings with the Reverend George Whitefield
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