The Beauties of Modern Literature, in Verse and Prose: To which is Prefixed, a Preliminary View of the Literature of the AgeSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1824 - 484 ページ The preliminary view is chiefly a comparison of classical and romantic poetry. |
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