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Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature

Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848; Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 [Editor]

Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature — English source edition. Subject: English literature -- History and cr...

English literature -- History and criticismAuthors, English -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Intellectual life
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Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821; Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884 [Editor]

Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings...

Authors, English -- 18th century -- BiographyAuthors, English -- 18th century -- CorrespondenceJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Friends and associates
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Early memories; some chapters of autobiography

Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940 [Editor]

Early memories; some chapters of autobiography — English source edition. Subject: Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography.

Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- BiographyYeats, John Butler, 1839-1922Portrait painters -- Ireland -- Biography
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John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors

Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox), 1837-1909 [Contributor]; Cairnes, John Elliot, 1823-1875 [Contributor]; Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884 [Contributor]; Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929 [Contributor]; Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 [Contributor]; Hunter, W. A. (William Alexander), 1844-1898 [Contributor]; Levy, J. H. (Joseph Hiam), 1838-1913 [Contributor]; Minto, William, 1845-1893 [Contributor]; Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 [Contributor]; Thornton, William Thomas, 1813-1880 [Contributor]; Trimen, Henry, 1843-1896 [Contributor]

John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors — English source...

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873Philosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship — English source edition. Subject: American literature -- 19th century -- H...

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismAuthors, American -- 19th century -- BiographyHowells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Friends and associates
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The Autobiography of Goethe Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Morrison, A. J. W. (Alexander James William), 1806-1865 [Translator]; Oxenford, John, 1812-1877 [Translator]

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Authors, German -- 18th century -- BiographyGoethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography
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"Præterita": souvenirs de jeunesse

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900; La Sizeranne, Robert de, 1866-1932 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Paris, Marguerite, 1852-1917 [Translator]

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Authors, English -- 19th century -- BiographyCritics -- Great Britain -- BiographyRuskin, John, 1819-1900
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A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) — English source edition. Subject: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismAuthors, American -- 19th century -- BiographyHowells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Friends and associates
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A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919

A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen — English source edition. Subject: English literature -- 19th century -- History and...

English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismWomen authors, English -- BiographyWomen and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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