To the Library of

The British Museum,

From the author,

D. Cleveland,

London July 8.1850

818.9.27

A

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OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE,

CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED,

FROM

SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE

TC

WILLIAM COWPER.

CONSISTING OF

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WORKS, WITH NOTES, EXPLANATORY, ILLUSTRATIVE, AND
DIRECTING TO THE BEST EDITIONS AND TO

VARIOUS CRITICISMS.

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