Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... Lond . , 1590 , 4to , a romance , and An Apologie for Poetrie , Lond . , 1595 , 4to , afterwards en- titled The Defence of Poetry , and The De- fense of Poesy . " Sir Philip Sidney is a writer for whom I can- not acquire a taste . As Mr ...
... Lond . , 1590 , 4to , a romance , and An Apologie for Poetrie , Lond . , 1595 , 4to , afterwards en- titled The Defence of Poetry , and The De- fense of Poesy . " Sir Philip Sidney is a writer for whom I can- not acquire a taste . As Mr ...
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... Lond . , 1642 , 12mo ; Pseudodoxia Epidemica : En- quiries into very many received Tenets , and commonly presumed Truths , or Enquiries into vulgar and common Errors , Lond . , 1646 , sm . fol .; Hydriotaphia : Urn Buriall , etc. , Lond ...
... Lond . , 1642 , 12mo ; Pseudodoxia Epidemica : En- quiries into very many received Tenets , and commonly presumed Truths , or Enquiries into vulgar and common Errors , Lond . , 1646 , sm . fol .; Hydriotaphia : Urn Buriall , etc. , Lond ...
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... Lond . , without date , 12mo ; 2d edit . , Lond . , 1628 , 4to ; 3d , the first complete edit . , Lond . , 1628 , 4to ; 12th edit .. 1709 , 13th edit . , 1806 , & c . , 14th edit . , 1820 , & c . Both of the last two editions were ...
... Lond . , without date , 12mo ; 2d edit . , Lond . , 1628 , 4to ; 3d , the first complete edit . , Lond . , 1628 , 4to ; 12th edit .. 1709 , 13th edit . , 1806 , & c . , 14th edit . , 1820 , & c . Both of the last two editions were ...
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... Lond . , 1641 , 4to , Letter to Master Hartlib on Education , Lond . , 1644 , 4to , and Areopagitica ; a Speech to the Par- liament of England for the liberty of unli- censed Printing , Lond . , 1644 , 4to . As me up to something above ...
... Lond . , 1641 , 4to , Letter to Master Hartlib on Education , Lond . , 1644 , 4to , and Areopagitica ; a Speech to the Par- liament of England for the liberty of unli- censed Printing , Lond . , 1644 , 4to . As me up to something above ...
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... Lond . , 1827 , 8vo ) stamps Clarendon as an unprin cipled man of talent , and Brodie ( Hist . of the British Empire , Lond . , 1822 , 4 vols . 8vo ) considers him " a miserable sycophant and canting hypocrite . " CHARACTER OF OLIVER ...
... Lond . , 1827 , 8vo ) stamps Clarendon as an unprin cipled man of talent , and Brodie ( Hist . of the British Empire , Lond . , 1822 , 4 vols . 8vo ) considers him " a miserable sycophant and canting hypocrite . " CHARACTER OF OLIVER ...
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