Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books, with Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - Bibliography |
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Æsop afterwards aged Anno appears arms beautiful Bishop bonis et catallis campis ejus catallis quæ habet Charles death dedicated dictâ villâ died doth Duke Earl edition England English fame favour Garden genius Gent gentleman George Turbervile Gervase Markham habet in dictâ hath Henry Heraldry heralds Hernando Cortes History honour James James Sherard John Joseph Warton King Knight Lady late learned letter living London Lord Majesty mariscis Memoirs memory Miles mind Montagu Muses noble omnibus bonis Oriel College persons pleasure poem poet poetical poetry prefixed Prince Printed published Queen reader retinemento Richard Richard Paget Roger Daniel Samuel Hartlib says Scotland shew sonnet T. P. ART thee thing Thomas Thomas Churchyard THOMAS MORELL thou totam sequelam suam translated unto Vavassor verse vertue vnto volume Warton William worthy write written
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