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... translation ; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself ; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage . I then added , that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad , because ...
... translation ; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself ; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage . I then added , that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad , because ...
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... Translated by Professor J. S. Blackie . 62 Aristophanes ' The Frogs , The Clouds , The Thesmophorians . 516 " " The Acharnians , The Knights , and The Birds . Frere's Translation . Introduction by John P. Maine . 344 Aristotle's ...
... Translated by Professor J. S. Blackie . 62 Aristophanes ' The Frogs , The Clouds , The Thesmophorians . 516 " " The Acharnians , The Knights , and The Birds . Frere's Translation . Introduction by John P. Maine . 344 Aristotle's ...
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... Translation . L St Francis : The Little Flowers , and The Life of St Francis . Seeley's Ecce Homo . Introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge . Spinoza's Ethics , etc. Translated by Andrew J. Boyle . duction by Professor Santayana . Swedenborg's ...
... Translation . L St Francis : The Little Flowers , and The Life of St Francis . Seeley's Ecce Homo . Introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge . Spinoza's Ethics , etc. Translated by Andrew J. Boyle . duction by Professor Santayana . Swedenborg's ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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