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| Title | The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3 The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century, Thomas Warton |
| Author | Thomas Warton |
| Publisher | Printed for, and sold by J. Dodsley, 1781 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 470 pages |
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