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... English have manifestly excelled them . ' The original of the following letter is preserved in the Library at Lambeth , and was kindly imparted to the publick by the reverend Dr Vyse . Franca per Mantoua . ' DEAR SONS , Copy of 238 ...
... English have manifestly excelled them . ' The original of the following letter is preserved in the Library at Lambeth , and was kindly imparted to the publick by the reverend Dr Vyse . Franca per Mantoua . ' DEAR SONS , Copy of 238 ...
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Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. Next year he published The Shepherd's Week , six English Pastorals , in which the images are drawn from real life , such as it appears among the rusticks in parts of England remote from London . Steele , in ...
Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. Next year he published The Shepherd's Week , six English Pastorals , in which the images are drawn from real life , such as it appears among the rusticks in parts of England remote from London . Steele , in ...
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... English Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal ...
... English Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal ...
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Milton | 15 |
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