A Dictionary of English Authors, Biographical and Bibliographical

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K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1904 - American literature - 363 pages

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Page 190 - A SEASONABLE ARGUMENT TO PERSUADE ALL THE GRAND JURIES IN ENGLAND TO PETITION FOR A NEW PARLIAMENT, OR A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL LABOURERS IN THE GREAT DESIGN OF POPERY AND ARBITRARY POWER...
Page 184 - Attempt to ascertain the order in which the Plays of Shakespeare were written, and this immediately established him as a critic and man of letters.
Page 198 - Christianity, from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire.
Page 76 - A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of The True Born Englishman...
Page 171 - A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians" (6 pts,), 17051707; "The History of Our Saviour
Page 234 - Summary of the Duties of a Justice of the Peace out of Sessions.
Page 184 - An account of the incidents, from which the title and part of the story of Shakespeare's Tempest were derived; and its true date ascertained.
Page 250 - The Vision of Don Roderick, 1811; Rokeby, 1813; The Bridal of Triermain: Or, The Vale of St. John, in Three Cantos, 1813; The Lord of the Isles, 1815; The Field of Waterloo, 1815; The Ettrick Garland.
Page 89 - A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm, from the 49th of King Henry III. until these present Times, SK.
Page 99 - Penlez, 1749; An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers, etc., 1751; Amelia, 1751; Examples of the Interposition of Providence in the Detection and Punishment of Murder, 1752; Proposals for making an Effectual Provision for the Poor...

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