To a Young Ass in the 18th-century, with many philosophers and writers, including Godwin, William Shield, and others, releasing their horses and mules to walk alongside them. A direct literary connection is to William Crowe's "To an Ass" (1793) and the poem incorporates a quote from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The idea of connecting with a lowly form of animal also appears in many literary works, including Robert Burns poems (example – "To a Mouse"), Southey's poems (example – "To a Spider"), the works of Laurence Sterne (both "Tristram Shandy" and "A Sentimental Journey") and Cervantes's "Don Quixote". Richard Holmes, Coleridge's 20th-century biographer, points out
English Music (novel) John Constable, Joseph Wright of Derby, John Martin ("Landscape with a Castle"), J.M.W. Turner, Samuel Palmer, Ford Madox Brown, James McNeill Whistler (")". "The Canterbury Tales" and the novels "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" (Pamela Andrews, Mr B), "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" (Jack Hatchway, Commodore Trunnion), "Tristram Shandy", "A Sentimental Journey" (Parson Yorick), "The Mill on the Floss", "Wuthering Heights" (Catherine Earnshaw).<br> 16. A long poem in the style of William Blake, celebrating English poetry from Cædmon to Ernest Dowson.<br> 18. "Le Morte d'Arthur" (Fisher King, Merlin). T.S. Eliot Reaction to the novel was largely negative. Many critics found Ackroyd's