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It is proposed to Dictionary of Classical Quotations, on an publish a monthly volume or novel, va. improved plan, accompanied by correspond- ried in type, and containing new works com. ing paraphrases or translations from the plete, sometimes one story, and sometimes works of celebrated British Poets ; by the two or more. The works are to consist late F. W. 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