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Mixed essays; Irish essays and others

Mixed essays: Democracy. Equality. Irish catholicism and British liberalism. "Porro unum est necessarium. A guide to English literature. Falkland. A French critic on Milton. A…

Scotish descriptive poems; with some illustrations of Scotish literary antiquities

Dedication signed: J. Leyden

Miscellaneous poems selected from the United States Literary Gazette

3 p. \U+fffd\., [i]-iv, [1]-172 p., 1\U+fffd\. ; 15.7 cm

Early American Poetry: A Compilation of the Titles of Volumes of Verse and Broadsides, Written ...

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The poetry of other lands. A collection of translations into English verse of the poetry of other languages, ancient and modern

1 p.l., [v]-xxiv, [25]-445 p. 21 cm

Chinese poetry in English verse

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The Satires, Epistles, and Art of poetry of Horace, tr. into Engl. verse by ...

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Selections from the Poetry of Dryden: Including His Plays and Translations

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The evolution of the British drama from the earliest times; historical survey. A lecture given before the Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Institute at the opening of the winter session, 1909-10

64, iv p

Church poetry : being portions of the Psalms in verse, and hymns suited to the festivals and fasts, and various occasions of the church

Errata slip inserted

Early American poetry; a compilation of the titles of volumes of verse and broadsides, written by writers born or residing in North America, and issued during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

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My literary passions, criticism and fiction

xi, 283 p. : 22 cm

The annual address delivered before the Diagnothian and Goethean literary societies of Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa., on the connection between government, and science and literature / By John N. Pumroy. September 8, 1846

The annual address delivered before the Diagnothian and Goethean literary societies of Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa., on the connection between government, and science and…

The complete works in verse and prose of Andrew Marvell, M.P. : for the first time fully collected and collated with the original and early editions, and considerable enlarged with hitherto inedited prose and poems, and a translation of the Greek and…

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On the first of February will be issued, & continued every other month, a volume of a new edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems, collated with the original editions, and comprising notes, original and selected, with a biography, and a history [...]

Full title: On the first of February will be issued, & continued every other month, a volume of a new edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems, collated with the original…

Shandygaff; a number of most agreeable inquirendoes upon life and letters, interspersed with short stories and skitts, the whole most diverting to the reader; accompanied also by some notes for teachers whereby the booke may be made usefull in…

Shandygaff; a number of most agreeable inquirendoes upon life and letters, interspersed with short stories and skitts, the whole most diverting to the reader; accompanied also…

The works of Mrs. Anne Steele, complete in two volumes : comprehending poems on subjects chiefly devotional; and miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse ; heretofore published under the title of Theodosia

v. 1. Hymns. Occasional poems -- v. 2. Psalms. Miscellaneous pieces, in verse. In prose

Fly leaves, or, Scraps and sketches : literary, bibliographical and miscellaneous, consisting of notes on antiquarian and historical subjects, collections towards neglected biography, memorials of old London, choice specimens of ancient poetry ..

Fly leaves, or, Scraps and sketches : literary, bibliographical and miscellaneous, consisting of notes on antiquarian and historical subjects, collections towards neglected…

Authority and archaeology, sacred and profane; essays on the relation of monuments to Biblical and classical literature

pt. 1. Hebrew authority, by S. R. Driver.--pt. 2. Classical authority: Egypt and Assyria, by F. L. Griffith. Prehistoric Greece, by D. G. Hogarth. Historic Greece, by E. A.…

Works-essays On Sanskrit Literature Vol.2

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.536326 dc.contributor.author: Wilson, H.h. dc.date.accessioned: 2015-10-08T12:55:11Z dc.date.available: 2015-10-08T12:55:11Z…

The life and works of Paul Laurence Dunbar; containing his complete poetical works, his best short stories, numerous anecdotes and a complete biography of the famous poet

The life and works of Paul Laurence Dunbar; containing his complete poetical works, his best short stories, numerous anecdotes and a complete biography of the famous poet…

The Rover : a weekly magazine of tales, poetry, and engravings, also sketches of travel, history, and biography

The Rover : a weekly magazine of tales, poetry, and engravings, also sketches of travel, history, and biography is a public domain book, originally published in 1843. The…

A Poetry Anthology (Despite the Cover Page)

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.228823 dc.contributor.author: Etienne Gilson dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-10T15:51:40Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-10T15:51:40Z…

Shakespeare's Library: a collection of the plays, romances, novels, poems, and histories employed by Shakespeare in the composition of his works;

Shakespeare's Library: a collection of the plays, romances, novels, poems, and histories employed by Shakespeare in the composit is a public domain book, originally published in…

Works Essays On Sanskrit Literature Vol Iii

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.217429 dc.contributor.author: H.h. Wilson dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-09T20:18:14Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-09T20:18:14Z…

The rape of Proserpine: with other poems, from Claudian; translated into English verse. With a prefatory discourse, and occasional notes

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The relations of Shirley's plays to the Elizabethan drama

26

[Oxford Lectures on Literature, 1907-1922]

The art of poetry, by William Paton Ker.- Prose rhythm in English, by Albert C. Clark.- Roland à Roncevaux, by Joseph Bédier.- Petrarch, by Charles Dennis Fisher.- Racine in…

Select essays chiefly bearing on English literature. Translated by A.J. Butler

26

Poems and plays. With an introd. by John M. Manly

26

The chief European dramatists: Twenty-one plays from the drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway, from 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.

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Pelléas and Mélisande; lyric drama in five acts from the plays of Maurice Maeterlinck. English version by Henry Grafton Chapman

22

The British drama: comprehending the best plays in ..., Volume 2, Part 1

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Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems ...

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Shakespeare's plays: a chapter of stage history. An essay on the Shakesperian drama

47 p. 22 cm

Chief contemporary dramatists, second series : eighteen plays from the recent drama of England, Ireland, America, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Scandinavia

Milestones / by A. Bennett and E. Knoblock -- Our betters / by W.S. Maugham -- Abraham Lincoln / by J. Drinkwater -- Mixed marriage / by St. J.G. Ervine -- King Argimenes and…

History Literature And Religions Of Ancient India-essays Vol. 2

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.24395 dc.contributor.author: Colebrooke, H. T. dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-24T19:40:19Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-24T19:40:19Z…

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