THE ENGLISH POETS

T. H. WARD.

VOL. III.

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:

ADDISON TO BLAKE.

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ENGLISH POETS

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BY VARIOUS WRITERS

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MATTHEW ARNOLD

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THOMAS HUMPHRY WARD, Μ.Α.

Late Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford

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