Essays of John DrydenMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 218 pages |
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... Cambridge ; and on the death of his father , in 1654 , succeeded to a small estate , which he regarded as sufficient to justify him in adopting literature as his profession , in preference to any other , such as the law , whose profits ...
... Cambridge ; and on the death of his father , in 1654 , succeeded to a small estate , which he regarded as sufficient to justify him in adopting literature as his profession , in preference to any other , such as the law , whose profits ...
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... Cambridge , and Assistant - Master at Harrow . [ Ready . CICERO . SELECT LETTERS . Edited by Rev. G. E. JEANS , M.A. , Fellow of Hertford College , Oxford , and Assistant- Master in Haileybury College . [ In the press . 50,000.4.82 . a ...
... Cambridge , and Assistant - Master at Harrow . [ Ready . CICERO . SELECT LETTERS . Edited by Rev. G. E. JEANS , M.A. , Fellow of Hertford College , Oxford , and Assistant- Master in Haileybury College . [ In the press . 50,000.4.82 . a ...
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... Cambridge , and Fellow of St. John's College . New edition , revised . 5s . THE CATILINE ORATIONS . From the German of Karl Halm . Edited , with Additions , by A. S. WILKINS , M.A. , Professor of Latin at the Owens College , Manchester ...
... Cambridge , and Fellow of St. John's College . New edition , revised . 5s . THE CATILINE ORATIONS . From the German of Karl Halm . Edited , with Additions , by A. S. WILKINS , M.A. , Professor of Latin at the Owens College , Manchester ...
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... Cambridge , and Professor of Latin . Satires X. and XI . 3s . 6d . Satires XII.— XVI . 4s . 6d . LIVY - HANNIBAL'S FIRST CAMPAIGN IN ITALY , Books XXI . and XXII . Edited by the Rev. W. W. CAPES , Reader in Ancient History at Oxford ...
... Cambridge , and Professor of Latin . Satires X. and XI . 3s . 6d . Satires XII.— XVI . 4s . 6d . LIVY - HANNIBAL'S FIRST CAMPAIGN IN ITALY , Books XXI . and XXII . Edited by the Rev. W. W. CAPES , Reader in Ancient History at Oxford ...
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... Cambridge . New edition , revised and enlarged , with Map . 5s . VIRGIL - ENEID , II . and III . The Narrative of Æneas . Edited by E. W. HOWSON , M.A. , Fellow of King's College , Cambridge , and Assistant - Master at Harrow . 3s ...
... Cambridge . New edition , revised and enlarged , with Map . 5s . VIRGIL - ENEID , II . and III . The Narrative of Æneas . Edited by E. W. HOWSON , M.A. , Fellow of King's College , Cambridge , and Assistant - Master at Harrow . 3s ...
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