The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 12 |
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In 1699 he entered into a contract with Tonson , the bookseller , to supply him with 10,000 verses , which produced in 1700 his “ Fables , ancient and modern ; " translated into verse from Homer , Ovid , Boccace , and Chaucer .
In 1699 he entered into a contract with Tonson , the bookseller , to supply him with 10,000 verses , which produced in 1700 his “ Fables , ancient and modern ; " translated into verse from Homer , Ovid , Boccace , and Chaucer .
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| Title | The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 12 Volume 12 of The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Alexander Chalmers The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Alexander Chalmers |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Publisher | J. Nichols, 1813 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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