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Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and c...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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Lives of the English Poets Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c. — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criti...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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Poets of the South A Series of Biographical and Critical Studies with Typical Poems, Annotated

Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton), 1852-1931

Poets of the South A Series of Biographical and Critical Studies with Typical Poems, Annotated — English source edition. Subject: Southern States -- Intell...

Southern States -- Intellectual lifeSouthern States -- In literatureAmerican poetry -- Southern States
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Poésies Allemandes

Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1724-1803; Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855 [Translator]

Poésies Allemandes — French source edition. Subject: German poetry -- History and criticism.

German poetry -- History and criticism
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Renaissance in Italy, Volume 5 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 2

Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 5 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 2 — English source edition. Subject: Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticism.

Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticismItalian literature -- 15th century -- History and criticismItalian literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism
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